Date of Award
6-2004
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Clement Burns
Second Advisor
Dr. Lisa Paulius
Third Advisor
Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
With the ever-changing demands of technology and the desire to use new materials to replace the old, researchers have the job to not only find alternative materials, but also understand their properties. There continues to be extensive research in the properties of organic semiconductors, for use in many microelectronic applications. There is very little known about the excitation properties of these materials. For my research, I have chosen to study the electronic excitations of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), one specific organic semiconductor. To do this, we used resonant and non-resonant inelastic x-ray scattering to measure the evolution of excitations as a function of momentum, incident energy, and scattering energy. From analysis of the data collected, we have learned that the excitations are localized and are not dependent on the crystalline structure, but are properties of the molecule.
Recommended Citation
Tuel-Benckendorf, Michelle Deleene, "Resonant and Non-Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering of Copper Phthalocyanine" (2004). Masters Theses. 4258.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4258