title: Structural studies of lanthanide phthalocyanines by high-resolution electron microscopy.
abstract: Epitaxial films of lanthanide phthalocyanines (LnPc2H, Ln = Nd, Tb, Er, Tm, Yb, or Lu) formed on a KCl or NaCl crystal have been studied by means of high-resolution electron microscopy. These complexes are isomorphous and have both tetragonal and base-centered orthorhombic structures. Though radiation damage makes it difficult to study these beam-sensitive materials by electron microscopy, the behaviors of thin film growth and details of structural defects can still be identified at the molecular level.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003461:Crystallography / Q000379:methods; D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; C013647:phthalocyanine