0618314 - FZÚ DATA Scientific data      2025
Sapre, Atharva Umesh - Vlček, Jan - de Prado, Esther - Fekete, Ladislav - Klementová, Mariana - Vondráček, Martin - Svora, Petr - Cuza, E. - Morgan, G.G. - Honolka, Jan - Kühne, Irina A.

Dataset thin film growth of [Ni(Hvanox)2] NanoscaleAdv.

Description: We have investigated [Ni(Hvanox)2] (H2vanox = o-vanillinoxime), a square-planar Ni(II) complex, for the preparation of thin films using organic molecule evaporation. Low pressure experiments to prepare thin films were conducted at temperatures between 120–150 °C and thin films of increasing thicknesses [Ni(Hvanox)2] (16–336 nm) have been prepared on various substrates and been analyzed by microscopic and spectroscopic methods. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to reveal a rough surface morphology which exhibits a dense arrangement of elongated, rod and needle-like nanocrystals with random orientations. It also enabled us to follow the growth of the thin films by increasing thickness revealing the formation of a seeding layer. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS and 3D ED), TEM and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were utilized to confirm the atomic structure and the elemental composition of the thin films.

Keywords : thin film * coordination complex * Ni(II) * film growth * thickness dependence
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EH22_008/0004596; GA ČR(CZ) GA23-05878S; GA MŠMT LM2023051
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
OECD category: Physical chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57680/asep.0618314
Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0365175
Date of release: 24.3.2025
License: CC BY 4.0 - Attribution-International license
 
ASEP publication:
Investigating the thin film growth of [Ni(Hvanox)₂] by microscopic and spectroscopic techniques