PB51 Studies on liquid crystalline and electrical properties of soluble metal phthalocyanine

Abstract

We have studied on carrier mobility and thermal properties of metal 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25-octahexylphthalocyanine. The thermal properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized optical microscopy. By using copper or nickel as a center metal, the discotic columnar phases appeared. The voltage and temperature dependences of carrier mobility were measured by the time-of- flight technique and discussed about ambipolar properties by comparing with metal-free 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25-octahexylphthalocyanine.