Abstract:
<p align="justify"> The paper presents the synthetic routes for obtaining some organic semiconductors and their characterization in order to use in thin film deposition for gas sensing devices. An original technique was used to control the molecular weight of polymeric phthalocyanine. We have fabricated devices consisting of evaporated thin films of copper, nickel, and iron phthalocyanines onto interdigital electrodes and estimated the electrical conductivity by in-situ measurements. The films were evaporated onto substrates (gold or aluminum) which were entirely integrated in the standard CMOS (capacitor metal oxide semiconductor) technology. The objectives of this work were to improve the synthesis methods of organic metal-complex tetraizoindoles and their polymers and to evaluate their electrical response and thermal stability as evaporated thin films. We have also investigated the variation of polymers conductivity and sublimation yield with the average molecular weight. We found that for polymeric phthalocyanines, the thermal stability was higher than for Pcs monomers. The stability of polymers increased with the average molecular weight. </p>