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The study of magnetic phases in spintronic materials is crucial to both our fundamental understanding of magnetic interactions and for finding new effects for future applications.
In this thesis, we study the basic electrical and magnetic transport properties of both epitaxially-grown MnSi thin films, a helimagnetic metal only starting to be developed within our group, and parabolic-doped ultra-thin (Ga,Mn)As layers for future studies and applications.
Das Mischkristallsystem PbZrxTi1-xO3 (PZT) gehört durch seine ausgeprägten piezo- und ferroelektrischen Eigenschaften zu den meist verwendeten Funktionskeramiken. In Form von Dünnschichten auf flexiblen Metallsubstraten können sie für unterschiedlichste Anwendungen als Tastschalter, Vibrationsdämpfer, Mikroaktuator oder Ultraschallwandler eingesetzt werden. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, den Gefügeaufbau und den Phasenbestand von PZT-Schichten, die in einem mehrstufigen Sol-Gel-Prozeß auf Blechen der säure- und temperaturbeständigen Chrom-Nickel-Legierung Hastelloy abgeschieden worden sind, zu analysieren und mit ihren ferroelektrischen und die-lektrischen Eigenschaften zu korrelieren. Es wird nachgewiesen, daß das Gefüge gezielt mittels verschiedener Temperaturbehandlungen und unter-schiedlicher Neodymdotierung variiert werden kann. Durch Nd-Dotierung wird das Maximum der Keimbil-dungsrate zu niedrigeren Temperaturen hin verschoben und die Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit gegenüber undotierten Schichten verringert. Die Kristallisation in dotierten und undotierten Schichten ist heterogen und erfolgt bevorzugt an den Grenz- und Oberflächen sowie an den Porenrändern im Innern der Schichten. Die Zusammensetzung der PZT-Sol-Gel-Beschichtungen liegt im Bereich der morphotropen Phasengrenze (x=0,53) zwischen tetragonaler und rhomboedrischer Phase. Erstmals wurde die während der Temperatur-behandlung auftretende Gradientenbildung im Zr/Ti-Verhältnis systematisch mit dem Gefüge und dem Phasenbestand auf Nanometerskala in Verbindung gesetzt. Hierbei konnte aufgezeigt werden, dass langreichweitige Zr:Ti-Fluktuationen vorrangig während der Kri-stallisation der Pyrochlorphase entstehen. Bei der nachfolgenden Perowskitkristallisation wachsen die Kri-stalle über die entmischten Bereiche hinweg, so daß Schwankungen im Zr:Ti-Verhältnis innerhalb der Kristallite erhalten bleiben. Es wird dargelegt, daß die Fluktuationen im Zr:Ti-Verhältnis infolge der starken Spannungen innerhalb der Schicht nur geringe Auswirkungen auf den Verzerrungsgrad der Kristallite und die Zugehörigkeit zur rhomboedrischen oder tetragonalen Perowskitphase haben. Beim Übergang in den ferroelektrischen Zustand ist das Ausmaß der Gitterverzerrung unabhängig von der Kristallitgröße und in Nd-dotierten Schichten generell geringer als in undotierten Schichten. Es wird die Ausbildung einer Zwischenschicht zwischen Metallsubstrat und PZT-Schicht untersucht, die die resultierenden elektrischen Eigenschaften maßgeblich beeinflußt. Sie wird als Oxidschicht identifiziert, be-stehend aus kristallinem NiO und NiCr2O4, verschiedenen Chromoxiden und Pb2(CrO4)O, die als nicht-ferroelektrisches Dielektrikum die resultierende Dielektrizitätskonstante des Substrat-Schichtverbundes stark herabsetzt. Durch Aufbringen einer unterstöchiometrischen La0,75Sr0,2MnO3 (ULSM) - Elektrodierung vor der PZT-Beschichtung gelingt es, die Kontaktierung zu verbessern, die (001)-Orientierung in undotierten Schichten zu steigern und sehr schmale P-E-Hysteresekurven zu erhalten.
The approach of using the combination of Ultraviolet (UPS) and Inverse Photoemission (IPS) to determine the transport levels in thin films of organic semiconductors is the scope of this work. For this matter all influences on the peak position and width in Photoelectron Spectroscopy are discussed with a special focus on organic semiconductors. Many of these influences are shown with experimental results of the investigation of diindenoperylene on Ag(111). These findings are applied to inorganic semiconductors silicon in order to establish the use of UPS and IPS on a well-understood system. Finally, the method is used to determine the transport level of several organic semiconductors (PTCDA, Alq3, CuPc, DIP, PBI-H4) and the corresponding exciton binding energies are calculated by comparison to optical absorption data.
The results of this thesis contribute to the understanding of the electronic properties of organic thin-films and interfaces. It is demonstrated that photoemission spectroscopy is very useful for studying surfaces and interfaces. Additionally it is shown, that many-body effects can be relevant for organic thin films, in particular at interfaces with strong interaction. These effects can have general implications for the material properties. In the first part of this thesis a systematic series of polyacene molecules is investigated with NEXAFS spectroscopy. The comparison of the data with core level and IPES data indicates that core excitations and core excitons need to be understood as many-body excitations. This finding implies for example that a high exciton binding energy is not necessarily associated with strong localization of the excited electron at the hole. As these effects apply also for valence excitons they can be relevant for the separation of charges and for the electron-hole recombination at interfaces. In the next chapter some fundamental effects in organic multilayer films and at organic-metal interfaces are studied with core level and NEXAFS spectroscopy. In this context a series of selected molecules is investigated, namely BTCDA, BTCDI, PTCDA and PTCDI. It is shown that in case of strong interface interaction a density of adsorbate-substrate states is formed which can lead to significant charge transfer satellites in the PES and NEXAFS spectra, similar to what is known for transition metal compounds. Moreover, it is demonstrated that the data can be modeled qualitatively by a basic approach which fuses the single impurity Anderson model with the description of charge transfer satellites by Sawatzky et al. This approach, which is equivalent to that of Gunnarsson and Schönhammer, allows even a relatively simple semi-quantitative analysis of the experimental data. The comparison of different adsorbate layers indicates that these many-body effects are particularly strong in case of partial occupation of the LUMO derived DOS. In the third part an organic multilayer film (SnPc), an organic-metal interface with strong coupling (SnPc/Ag) and an organic-organic interface (SnPc/PTCDA/Ag) are studied exemplarily with resonant Auger spectroscopy. The comparison of the data gives evidence for the contribution of many-body effects to the autoionization spectra. Furthermore, it is found that the electron-vibration coupling and the substrate-adsorbate charge transfer occurs on the time scale of the core hole life time. Moreover, the interaction at the organic-organic interface is weak, comparable to the intermolecular interaction in the multilayer films, despite a considerable rigid level shift for the SnPc layer. Furthermore, weak but significant electron-electron correlation is found for the molecular frontier orbitals, which are important for the substrate-adsorbate charge transfer. Therefore, these strongly coupled adsorbate films are briefly discussed within the context of the Hubbard model in the last part of this thesis. From the data derived in this work it can be estimated that such monolayer films are in the regime of medium correlations. Consequently one can expect for these adsorbate films properties which are related to the extraordinary behavior of strongly correlated materials, for which Mott metal-insulator transitions, sophisticated magnetic properties and superconductivity can be observed. Additionally some results from the investigation of alkyl/Si self-assembled monolayers are briefly discussed in the appendix. It is demonstrated exemplarily for the alkyl chains that the electronic band structure of short, finitely repeating units can be well modeled by a comparatively simple quantum well approach. In principle this approach can also be applied to higher dimensional systems, which makes it very useful for the description of E(k) relations in the regime of repeating units of intermediate length. Furthermore, the photoelectron and NEXAFS spectra indicate strong interaction at the alkyl/Si interface. It was found that the interface states can be modified by moderate x-ray irradiation, which changes the properties for charge transport through the SAM.
In the context of this thesis, the novel method soft X-ray energy-dispersive NEXAFS spectroscopy was explored and utilized to investigate intermolecular coupling and post-growth processes with a temporal resolution of seconds. 1,4,5,8- naphthalene tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (NTCDA)multilayer films were the chosen model system for these investigations. The core hole-electron correlation in coherently coupled molecules was studied by means of energy-dispersive near-edge X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy. A transient phase was found which exists during the transition between a disordered condensed phase and the bulk structure. This phase is characterized by distinct changes in the spectral line shape and energetic position of the X-ray absorption signal at the C K-edge. The findings were explained with the help of theoretical models based on the coupling of transition dipole moments, which are well established for optically excited systems. In consequence, the experimental results provides evidence for a core hole-electron pair delocalized over several molecules. Furthermore, the structure formation of NTCDA multilayer films on Ag(111) surfaces was investigated. With time-resolved and energy-dispersive NEXAFS experiments the intensity evolution in s- and p-polarization showed a very characteristic behavior. By combining these findings with the results of time-dependent photoemission measurements, several sub-processes were identified in the post- growth behavior. Upon annealing, the amorphous but preferentially flat-lying molecules flip into an upright orientation. After that follows a phase characterized by strong intermolecular coupling. Finally, three-dimensional islands are established. Employing the Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami model, the activation energies of the sub-processes were determined.
In summary, we have prepared single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) thin films by the method of evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA). Using the scalable two-plate or lens setups, sorts of different film types or patterns of SWNTs has been successfully fabricated directly from the evaporation of solvents and could be precisely controlled by the concentrations of SWNT in ambient conditions. The special geometry of meniscus as the capillary bridge has not only given rise to a much higher efficiency of fabrication than what previously reported but also allowed us to monitor the pinning and depinning process carefully and further investigate the mechanism underlying the formation of different film morphologies.
In contrast with the conventional "stick-slip" model, we have provided the new dynamical pinning and zipping model for the contact line (CL) behavior. By analyzing the motion of CL and varying deposited patterns, the traditionally so-called "stick" state should be treated as a dynamical pinning process due to the interfacial tension contrast between SWNT-covered and bare silicon surface. Besides, the plausible one-step "slip" motion could be dominated by the zipping-like kink propagation.
In addition, the experiments with heated substrates at higher temperatures between 30°C and 50 °C have shown that the striped pattern could be fabricated by both much lower SWNT and SDS concentrations than that in room temperature, which is consistent with our model of interfacial tension contrast. In this situation, the deposition rate was increased but the quality of SWNT alignment was undermined because the corresponding moving velocity of SWNT was also too fast for SWNTs to rotate when the evaporative rate was high.
The similar results were identified by the SWNT/polymer conjugates dispersed in chloroform under the similar setups and other identical conditions. The typical breathing motion of dynamical pinning and zipping-like propagation for depinning were confirmed by the new suspensions despite that some morphological parameters changed dramatically compared with that from the aqueous solution. For example, the spacing between stripes reached 100 µm ~ 200 µm because the large contact angle contrast between HDMS- and SWNT-covered surface accompanies with the high evaporation rate of chloroform in the pinning and depinning process. Likewise the average CL velocity for fabrication reached around 20 µm/s due to the much higher evaporation rate of chloroform than water.
Using alike suspensions, the modified EISA method called dose-controlled floating evaporative self-assembly (DFES) was employed to implement the self-assembly of SWNTs on the water/air interface and then deposit them on solid substrate by directed floating. Although the stripes were fabricated successfully by drops with certain doses and SWNT concentrations, there inevitably existed randomly oriented SWNTs from the water surface that built networks between the stripes containing well-aligned tubes. In order to slow down the evaporation rate and monitor the process detailedly, we used chlorobenzene as the solvent instead of chloroform and find the typical pinning/depinning movement of the CL. A preliminary analysis of the results in terms of chlorobenzene implied that the CL possibly followed the similar pinning/depinning process in consistence with our model with capillary bridge.
In the last part of the thesis, the primary research on the optical properties of these stripes of ultrahigh purity semiconducting nanotubes was conducted by fluorescence microscopy and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy. The energy transfer of the photogenerated excitons was confirmed between different tube species with controlled band gaps.
In short, the experiments performed in this thesis allowed to gain new insights about the fabrication of large-area SWNT thin films by the cost-effective solution-processed method and most importantly to uncover its intrinsic mechanism as well. Combined with the separation and selection technique like density gradient centrifugation or polyfluorene derivatives assisted method, highly monodisperse semiconducting nanotubes could be deposited into organized, controllable and functional arrays.
Beyond the ambient conditions, precise control for the evaporation under preset temperature and vapor pressure could possibly extend the technique to the industry level. Assisted by some other mature techniques such as roll-to-roll printing, the cost-effective method could be widely used in the manufacture of various thin film devices. More complex 2D or even 3D structures could be designed and accomplished by the method for the functional or stretchable requirements. Further research on the fundamental exciton transition and diffusion in different networks or structures of SWNTs will be the significant precondition for the real applications.
Looking ahead, from the individual carbon nanotube to its thin film, this promising material with outstanding properties had many challenges to overcome before the real-world applications. Thanks to the availability of pure and well-defined materials, the scalable solution-processed approaches for fabrication of thin films should be able to unlock the potential of carbon nanotubes and exploit them in (opto-)electronic devices in the foreseeing future.
This work is investigating the electronic structure of organic thin films. A central question in this respect is the influence of the interaction between the molecules in the condensed phase and the interaction at metal-organic interfaces on the electronic properties. For this purpose the experimental methods Photoelectron Spectroscopy (PES) and Near Edge X-ray Absorption Finestructure Spectroscopy (NEXAFS) were applied with highest energy resolution. In addition, ab initio calculations were performed for the theoretical simulation of NEXFAS spectra. The investigation is mainly focussing on thin, vacuum sublimated films of aromatic model molecules with oxygen-containing functional groups (NTCDA, PTCDA, NDCA, BPDCA and ANQ) and Ag(111) surfaces. Due to their large, delocalised p-systems these molecules have very interesting properties for their application in electronic devices. Due to the high energy resolution of third generation synchrotron sources the vibronic fine structure in the NEXAFS spectra of these large molecules could be resolved for the first time in the condensed phase. A comparison of the data of the different molecules provides interesting insight into the coupling between electronic transition and vibronic excitation. Although for these molecules a variety of different vibronic modes exist, the NEXAFS data show that preferentially only on mode couples to each electronic transition. The high-resolution PES spectra of the molecules NTCDA, PTCDA, NDCA, BPDCA and ANQ show distinct differences thus providing a fingerprint for each investigated substance. A comparative analysis of the spectra enabled us to define the 1s binding energies of all chemically different carbon and oxygen atoms. Additional structures in the spectra can be assigned as shake-up satellites. The five molecules are an ideal model system for the investigation of fundamental aspects of core electron spectroscopy, such as initial and final state effects and satellites, that are influenced by the intra- and intermolecular electron distribution in the ground and core ionized state. An important aspect in this thesis is the spectroscopic investigation of structurally different NTCDA monolayer phases on the Ag(111) surface. Marked differences in the electronic structures of the different phases, that can be assigned to differences in the metal-adsorbate interaction, could be demonstrated by XPS and NEXAFS. The substrate bonding can be characterized as chemisorptive for both, the compressed as well as the relaxed NTCDA monolayer, which can be unambiguously deduced from the analysis of satellite structures in the O 1s and C 1s XPS spectra. These satellites are due to dynamic screening by charge transfer from the substrate. The NEXAFS data show consistently, that the NTCDA LUMO becomes partly occupied upon adsorption. Highly interesting phase transitions into disordered low-temperature phases occur upon cooling to 160 K for both, the compressed and the relaxed NTCDA monolayer. Thereby, the adsorbate-substrate bonding is increased and the NTCDA LUMO becomes completely occupied. This can be observed in the NEXAFS data, where transitions involving LUMO final states are quenched. Simultaneously, the XPS data show a distinctly decreased intensity of unscreened photoemission states due to enhanced charge transfer screening. In addition, a hysteresis behaviour could be demonstrated for the phase transition of the relaxed monolayer by temperature dependent NEXAFS experiments and the hysteresis curve was determined. The hysteresis could be quantified to approx. 20 K. From SPA-LEED experiments the activating energy for the phase transition of the relaxed monolayer upon cooling could be determined to 60 meV. Finally, a NEXAFS investigation of polyethylene samples with different comonomer content is presented. Differences in the absorption spectra between samples with different comonomer content could be unambiguously assigned to the different crystallinities of the samples by heating a highly crystalline sample in situ close to the melting temperature. Ab initio calculations on a model matrix of butane molecules show, that the spectra of crystalline and amorphous polyethylene differ distinctly due to the intermolecular interaction, which can be observed best for resonances with strong Rydberg character. Thus, the differences in the PE spectra can be explained by the superposition of the signatures of crystalline and amorphous moieties, that are mixed according to the respective crystallinity.
Optisch transparente und elektrisch leitfähige Funktionsschichten auf der Basis dotierter Metalloxid-Halbleiter spielen eine bedeutende Rolle als wärmestrahlungsreflektierende Schichten in der modernen Architektur. Über die im Material vorhandenen freien Ladungsträger wird eine kollektive Anregung im infraroten Spektralbereich ermöglicht, die zu einem Anstieg der Reflektivität der Metalloxidschicht führt. Dies geht einher mit einer Reduktion der Wärmeabstrahlung der Funktionsschicht. Die Motivation der vorliegenden Dissertation lag in der Herstellung, sowie in einer umfassenden Analyse der infrarot-optischen, elektrischen und strukturellen Charakteristika von nasschemisch abgeschiedenen Funktionsschichten auf Basis von Zinn-dotiertem Indiumoxid und Aluminium-dotiertem Zinkoxid. Die Prämisse war hierbei, dass die Funktionsschichten einen möglichst hohen Reflexionsgrad, respektive einen geringen thermischen Emissionsgrad im infraroten Spektralbereich aufweisen. Im Rahmen der Arbeit wurden deshalb vorrangig die Einflüsse der Sol-Parameter und der Art der Probenpräparation auf die infrarot-optischen Schichteigenschaften hin untersucht. Hierbei hat sich gezeigt, dass es verschiedene Möglichkeiten gibt, die Eigenschaften der Funktionsschichten im infraroten Spektralbereich zu beeinflussen. Dies kann einerseits bereits bei der Herstellung der Beschichtungslösungen über eine Variation von Parametern wie dem Grad der Dotierung bzw. der Konzentration des Sols erfolgen. Andererseits lassen sich gewünschte infrarot-optische Schichteigenschaften direkt über eine Anpassung der Kristallisationstemperaturen unter Zuhilfenahme geeigneter oxidierender und reduzierender Prozessgase einstellen. Im Verlauf der Optimierung der Probenpräparation konnte zudem gezeigt werden, dass eine Variation der Anzahl der Funktionsschichten und die damit verbundene Veränderung der Schichtdicke maßgebliche Einflüsse auf die infrarot-optischen Eigenschaften hat. Die umfassende optische Charakterisierung der optimierten Proben vom UV über den sichtbaren Spektralbereich bis hin zum IR ergab, dass der Gesamtemissionsgrad eines Glassubstrats durch die Aufbringung eines Mehrschichtsystems deutlich gesenkt werden kann, wobei sich die visuelle Transparenz nur geringfügig ändert. Im Falle des verwendeten Indium-Zinn-Oxids genügt eine vierfache Beschichtung mit einer Dicke von rund 450 nm, um den Emissionsgrad von unbeschichtetem Glas (0.89) auf unter 0.20 zu senken, wobei die visuelle Transparenz mit 0.85 nur um rund 6 % abnimmt. Bei Aluminium-Zink-Oxid ergibt sich ein Optimum mit einer rund 1 µm dicken Beschichtung, bestehend aus 11 Einzelschichten, die den Emissionsgrad der Oberfläche auf unter 0.40 senkt. Die optische Transparenz liegt hierbei mit 0.88 nur geringfügig unter dem unbeschichteten Glas mit einem Wert von 0.91. Neben der ausführlichen Charakterisierung der Einflüsse auf die IR-optischen Schichteigenschaften lag der Fokus der Arbeit auf der Analyse der strukturellen und elektrischen Eigenschaften der optimierten Proben. Mittels REM- und AFM-Aufnahmen konnten Einblicke in die Schichtstruktur und Oberflächenbeschaffenheit der erzeugten Funktionsschichten gewonnen werden. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass bedingt durch dicht beieinanderliegende Kristallite eine geringe Porosität innerhalb der Funktionsschicht entsteht, wodurch eine relativ hohe elektrische Leitfähigkeit gewährleistet ist. Dabei resultiert eine homogene Oberflächenstruktur mit einer geringen Oberflächenrauheit. Die Homogenität der Funktionsschichten, speziell im Hinblick auf eine gleichmäßige Verteilung der maßgeblichen Atome, wurde mit Hilfe von SNMS- Messungen und einem EDX-Element-Mapping verifiziert. Mit Hilfe der Analyse des spezifischen Widerstands der optimierten Funktionsschichten konnte ein Zusammenhang zwischen den infrarot-optischen und elektrischen Schichteigenschaften über die Hagen-Rubens Relation erarbeitet werden. Darüber hinaus wurden an den besten, infrarot-optisch optimierten Proben charakteristische Parameter wie die Bandlückenenergie, die Ladungsträgerdichte und die Ladungsträgerbeweglichkeit ermittelt. Über die Ladungsträgerdichte war es zudem möglich, die spektrale Lage der Plasmawellenlänge zu bestimmen. Basierend auf den ermittelten Werten der optimierten Metalloxidschichten im Bereich der elektronischen Charakterisierung konnte eine Korrelation der infrarot-optischen und elektrischen Schichteigenschaften anhand charakteristischer Punkte im Spektrum der Funktionsschichten erarbeitet werden. Abschließend wurde der Verlauf des spektralen Reflexionsgrads theoretisch modelliert und über eine Parametervariation an den tatsächlich gemessenen Reflexionsgrad der infrarot-optisch optimierten Proben angefittet. Hierbei zeigte sich eine gute Übereinstimmung der in den physikalischen Grundlagen der vorliegenden Arbeit getroffenen Annahmen mit den experimentell ermittelten Werten.
Investigation of Intermolecular Interaction in Organic Thin Films by means of NEXAFS Spectroscopy
(2009)
The present work reports on the electron–vibron coupling in large organic molecules and particularly on the intermolecular interaction in molecular condensates. The optical and electrical properties of these organic systems are in the focus of attention due to their crucial importance for the development of (hybrid) organic electronic devices. In particular, the charge transport mechanism and hence the interaction between condensed molecules is a matter of debate [1–4]. In order to shed light on this interaction, the spectroscopic signatures of isolated molecules in the gas phase and their condensed counterparts have been studied. The applied technique, near–edge x–ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, is a local probe with high chemical selectivity, well suited for the investigation of the electronic structure of molecular valence levels [5]. In the experimental part, the experimental set–up developed in this work is described with special attention to the characteristic issues of gas phase measurements, energy calibration and the subsequent data evaluation. The high quality gas phase and solid state NEXAFS spectra are analysed with respect to energy positions, shape and intensity of the sharp pi*–resonances characteristic for these aromatic molecules. Where applicable, a detailed Franck–Condon (FC) analysis of the vibronic fine structure has been performed, yielding additional information on the changes that occur upon solid state formation. Together with former results on vibrational features in large organic molecules, this information has been used to investigate the correlation of vibrational energies in the ground and electronically excited state. We find a relatively good agreement with other empirical studies on vibronic structures in photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) spectra of small molecules [6]. The molecular compounds investigated are in general believed to interact via weak van–der–Waals forces only. The present results however reveal distinct differences between the spectra of the gas and solid phase that can not be explained within the context of a mere interaction by dispersive forces. In detail, differential red–shifts of 0.1 to 0.3eV of transitions assigned to the aromatic system have been observed in the C–K spectra of benzene–tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (BTCDA), 1,4,5,8–naphthalene–tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (NTCDA), and 3,4,9,10–perylene–tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (PTCDA) upon solid state formation. From BTCDA to PTCDA the shift increases, indicating an improving intermolecular interaction with molecular size or a closer molecular packing. In contrast, all transitions assigned to the anhydride carbon atom (C1) do not show any shift. For the O–K spectra, small changes in relative intensity have been observed for BTCDA and NTCDA. In case of PTCDA, a blue–shift of up to 0.2eV is evident for the OB 1sLEMO+1 transition. Theoretical models for the intermolecular interaction have been proposed in this work, based on a change of molecular geometry and interaction of adjacent molecules in the ground and excited state, respectively. While an interaction of adjacent molecular orbitals may explain the experimental findings for one particular molecule, this model falls short for a comprehensive explanation of all three dianhydrides. For an interaction in the excited state, the excitonic coupling with the neighbours attached at an angle, quantum chemical calculations yield no significant change in peak positions for NTCDA. Unfortunately, results for the stacked neighbours as well as the larger compound PTCDA are still lacking. For tris (8–quinolinol) aluminum (Alq3), the observed peak–shifts are restricted to just one unoccupied orbital, the LEMO+2, which is mainly localised at the phenoxide side of the quinolinol ligands. Although the shifts differ for the individual edges, the main interaction can therefore be assigned to this orbital. In summary, NEXAFS spectroscopy, if performed with great care in terms of experimental details and data analysis especially for the gas phase data, provides very detailed and highly interesting data on the changes of the electronic structure of organic molecules upon condensation. The present data can be applied as a reference for further experimental and (highly desired) theoretical investigations, which are needed for a comprehensive understanding of the complex interaction mechanisms between organic molecules.
Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde eine neuartige Methode entwickelt, mit der es möglich ist, Magnetisierungsverläufe ausgewählter Schichten und Grenzflächen in dünnen Schichtsystemen zu bestimmen. Diese Resonante Magnetische Röntgenreflektometrie (XRMR: X-ray Resonant Magnetic Reflectometry) kombiniert die Methode der konventionellen Röntgenreflektometrie mit resonanten magnetischen Effekten, die an Absorptionskanten magnetischer Atome auftreten. Analog zur herkömmlichen Reflektometrie, die Aussagen über Schichtdicken und vertikale Grenzflächenrauhigkeiten zulässt, liefert die XRMR das tiefenabhängige magneto-optische Profil der untersuchten magnetischen Schicht. Durch die Aufnahme zweier Reflexionsspektren bei invertierter Helizität des einfallenden Röntgenstrahls oder Umkehr der Magnetisierungsrichtung der Probe in der Nähe der Absorptionskante eines magnetischen Elements erhält man als Messsignal das Asymmetrieverhältnis, das die Information über das tiefenabhängige Magnetisierungsprofil der untersuchten Schicht enthält. Zur Anpassung an die gemessene Asymmetrie über ein optisches Näherungsverfahren ist die Modellierung der optischen Konstanten der magnetischen Schicht oder Grenzfläche notwendig, die hierzu in viele dünne Einzelschichten künstlich aufgeteilt wird. Wichtig hierbei ist die korrekte Bestimmung der dispersiven und absorptiven Ladungsanteilen des komplexen Brechungsindex durch vorherige Messung des Absorptionskoeffizienten und der Berechnung der Dispersion über die Kramers-Kronig-Relation. XRMR-Experimente wurden an Pt/Co-Schichtsystemen an den Synchrotronstrahlungsquellen HASYLAB/Hamburg und BESSYII/Berlin durchgeführt, um die Anwendbarkeit der Messmethodik im harten und weichen Röntgenbereich zu demonstrieren. Durch die intrinsische Elementselektivität resonanter Streuung und die Verstärkung magnetischer Effekte durch Interferenzerscheinungen ist es möglich, Informationen über sehr kleine induzierte magnetische Momente an der Grenzfläche zu einer ferromagnetischen Schicht zu erhalten. Dies konnte bei der Untersuchung einer einzelnen Pt/Co-Bilage gezeigt werden, bei der das Magnetisierungsprofil der Pt-Schicht an der Pt/Co-Grenzfläche bestimmt wurde. Im Weiteren konnte durch XRMR-Messungen an einer Serie von einzelnen Pt/Co-Grenzübergängen das Zusammenspiel von chemischer Grenzflächenrauhigkeit und induziertem Pt-Magnetisierungsprofil untersucht werden. Wichtig war es, die Einsetzbarkeit der Methode im weichen Röntgenbereich zu zeigen, in dem die L2,3 Kanten der 3d-Übergangsmetalle liegen, die für den Magnetismus eine herausragende Rolle spielen. Hierbei konnte durch Messung an der Co-L3 Kante das Magnetisierungsprofil einer einzelnen Co-Schicht in einer Pt/Co/Cu-Trilage extrahiert werden. Des Weiteren erlaubt die Methode die Aufnahme elementspezifischer Hysteresekurven vergrabener dünner Schichten in Schichtsystemen mit hoher Qualität. Das Verfahren ist daher prädestiniert zur quantitativen Untersuchung von modernen neuen magnetoelektronischen Komponenten wie GMR- und TMR-Sensoren, MRAM’s oder Halbleiterstrukturen der viel versprechenden „Spintronic“. Es können bei derartigen Systemen Grenzflächenphänomene vergrabener Schichten zerstörungsfrei untersucht werden und im Weiteren auch Themen, die eher der Grundlagenforschung zuzuordnen sind, wie induzierter Grenzflächenmagnetismus oder auch oszillatorische Austauschkopplung in Zukunft quantitativ und elementselektiv behandelt werden.