title: Direct observation of molecular images of lanthanide phthalocyanines: III. Structural defects.
abstract: The crystal imperfections in thin films of lanthanide phthalocyanines (LnPc2H, Ln = Nd, Tb, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu) grown expitaxially on KCl have been observed by molecular imaging. Grain and twin boundaries, stacking faults, point defects, vacancies, mosaic structures, and sometimes even some amorphous islands exist in the well-crystallized specimens. Combined with the results reported earlier, the packing characteristics of planar LnPc2H molecules can be well understood.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Atomic Imaging of Solids, Institute of Metal Research, Academia Sinica, Shenyang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Dorset
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: J Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; C013647:phthalocyanine