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A mass spectra analysis confirmed the presence of metallated species in the gas phase. Among the observed fragments, the pseudomolecular ions [Cu2(RNH2)2(\u00b5-O2CRf)3]+ were found, which suggests the dimeric structure of the studied complexes with axially N-coordinated ethyl- or isopropylamine molecules and bridging perfluorinated carboxylates. TGA studies demonstrated that copper transfer to the gas phase occurs even under atmospheric pressure. The temperature range of the [Cu2(RNH2)2(\u00b5-O2CRf)4] and other copper carriers detection, observed in variable temperature infrared spectra, depends on the type of amine. The possible mechanisms of the decomposition of the tested compounds are proposed. The copper films were produced without additional reducing agents despite using Cu(II) CVD precursors in the chemical vapor deposition experiments. The layers of the gel-like complexes were fabricated in both spin- and dip-coating experiments, resulting in copper or copper oxide materials when heated. Dinuclear copper(II) carboxylate complexes with ethyl- and isopropylamine [Cu2(RNH2)2(\u00b5-O2CRf)4] can be applied for the formation of metal or metal oxide materials, also in the nanoscale, by vapour and \u2018wet\u2019 deposition methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma14237451","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,5]],"date-time":"2021-12-05T21:01:45Z","timestamp":1638738105000},"page":"7451","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Copper(II) Perfluorinated Carboxylate Complexes with Small Aliphatic Amines as Universal Precursors for Nanomaterial Fabrication"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1951-3733","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iwona B.","family":"Szyma\u0144ska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1090-804X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Katarzyna","family":"Madajska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3885-1623","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aleksandra","family":"Butrymowicz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6616-337X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Magdalena","family":"Barwio\u0142ek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toru\u0144, Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Padnya, P., Shibaeva, K., Arsenyev, M., Baryshnikova, S., Terenteva, O., Shiabiev, I., Khannanov, A., Boldyrev, A., Gerasimov, A., and Grishaev, D. 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