Abstract
Thin and thick films of iron phthalocyanine (FePc) molecules are deposited on a Ag (110) surface. The nature of the FePc growth and the interaction with the substrate have been studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). All of the core level spectra exhibit rigid shifts towards lower binding energies following the deposition of the organic films, each by a different magnitude. A greater change and a larger shift in the Fe2p level as compared to C1s core level reveals that the adsorbate interacts with the substrate mainly via the Fe atom, located at the center of the molecule. An increase/decrease in the intensity of C1s/Ag3d level is found to be exponentially linked to the overlayer molecular coverage. Finally, the so-called growth/decay curve indicates that FePc thin films initially develop following the FM growth mode and then transform to SK mode, resulting in 3D island aggregation.
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