Surface states are studied in dependence on thickness of organic quant
um wells within the nearest layer approximation. It is shown that ther
e is a material-dependent critical thickness. Structures that have thi
ckness thinner or thicker than the critical one, exhibit qualitatively
different characteristics of surface states. Criteria for existence a
nd sign rules for location of energy levels of surface states are esta
blished which are general and contain the results of the previous work
s as particular cases.