Up-to-date and written by leading experts, this book is unique in a rapidly expanding field. It provides in-depth discussions and descriptions of the materials, electronic properties and applications of phthalocyanines.

Aspects of phthalocyanines covered include
* synthesis
* polymer aspects
* electronic spectroscopy
* excited state chemistry and physics
* chemical sensors
* biological aspects (e.g. photodynamic therapy of cancer)

The numerous tables, chemical structures, and references are particularly handy source materials for...

Phthalocyanines Properties and Applications C.C. Leznoff A.B.P. Lever The unique properties of phthalocyanines have generated world-wide interest in their use in chemical sensors, fuel cells, molecular metals, molecular computers, pollution control, and information technology. Written by eleven experts on various aspects of phthalocyanines, Volume 2 continues the in depth coverage of the field began in the first volume. This book also contains a considerable collection of tables, chemical structures, and graphic representations, along with an extensive, up-to-date array of references.

The unique properties of phthalocyanines have generated worldwide interest in their use in chemical sensors, fuel cells, molecular metals, molecular computers, pollution control, and information technology.
Volume 3 of this series continues the detailed coverage of the fundamental and applied chemistry of the phthalocyanine derivatives. Eight distinguished experts discuss different aspects of the field. This book also contains a considerable collection of tables, chemical structures, and graphic representations, along with an extensive, up to date array of references.