Abstract

In the present work, powder and thin films of Metallic-Phthalocyanines (FePc, CoPc, and PbPc) have been characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). XRD and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) patterns were used to determine the crystalline structures of the phases in powder samples. The crystalline phases in the metallic-phthalocyanines correspond to β-monoclinic type. The samples have been obtained in powders by organic syntheses and subsequently, the powders have been deposited onto silicon (100) substrates by thermal evaporation in a vacuum chamber to obtain the thin films. The surface topography of the films has been characterized by AFM. Needle-like and granular features randomly oriented in the films are visible.