Abstract
In this study the growth, structure and physical, particularly optical properties of composite thin films (copper-phthalocyanine-SiO<SUB>2</SUB>) with different dye contents are investigated by means of optical spectroscopy (UV-IR), electron probe micro analysis, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy measurements and compared with the properties of pure dye thin films of different thicknesses and dye/metal oxide multilayer structures, respectively. The composite thin films show spectral shifts and changes in the extension and the intensity of the typical absorption bands in the visible spectral range depending on the dye concentration in the composites. This behavior is accompanied by pronounced color changes, e.g. from blue-green to green in the CuPc-SiO<SUB>2</SUB> system. The results show, that the CuPc- SiO<SUB>2</SUB> composite properties are mainly influenced by the size and kind of dye aggregates in the films (monomer, dimer) and not by interaction of dye molecules with the metal oxide matrix.
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