Functional Phthalocyanines: Synthesis, Nanostructuration, and Electro-Optical Applications

This overview focuses on the design and preparation of phthalocyanines (Pcs) and covers both fundamental synthetic approaches and more applied research. Thus, different topics including, e.g., the preparation of conjugated assemblies using Pcs as synthetic building blocks, the supramolecular organization of appropriately featured Pc-molecules, and the incorporation of Pcs into dendrimers and polymers, are discussed in this chapter. The second part of the review has been devoted to more technological aspects of these compounds covering Pc-based nanostructures and Pcs as active components of functional devices.