Functional Phthalocyanine Molecular Materials

Download or read book Functional Phthalocyanine Molecular Materials written by Jianzhuang Jiang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phthalocyanines exhibit intriguing physic-chemical properties that render them important as a class of molecular functional materials. In addition to their traditional applications as dyes and pigments, more recently their use as the organic semiconductors, photodynamic therapy medicines, non-linear optical materials, catalysts for the photo oxidation, optical recording materials, and gas sensors attracts great research interests in these tetrapyrrole species.