Electron Spin Resonance of the Organic Semiconductor, α-Copper Phthalocyanine

Abstract
Various concentrations of polycrystalline powders of α‐copper phthalocyanine diluted in nonparamagnetic α‐metal‐free phthalocyanine matrices have been studied by 8‐mm ESR at room temperature. The superhyperfine (SHF) spin Hamiltonian used in analyzing earlier results of ESR investigations on square‐bonded copper complexes has been reconsidered and a new SHF term is derived. The concentration‐dependent study has revealed enough separate features to enable observations to be interpreted by essentially considering the contributions of only two molecular orientations to the over‐all derivative line shape. Although single crystals of many organo‐metallic complexes, including α‐copper phthalocyanine, are not available, this study indicates that the relevant parameters of the spin Hamiltonian can in some cases be readily deduced from polycrystalline spectra.

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