This monograph describes the preparation, fabrication and structure of phthalocyanine-based materials.

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.

Phthalocyanines exhibit intriguing physic-chemical properties that render them important as a class of molecular functional materials. In addition to their tra- tional industrial applications as dyes and pigments, more recently their use as the organic semiconductors, photodynamictherapy medicines, non-linear optical ma- rials, catalysts for the photo oxidation, optical recording materials, and gas sensors attracts great research interests in these tetrapyrrole species. As manifested by the rapidly increasing number of related scienti?c publications in recent years, great progress has been made in the ?eld of advanced phthalocyaninematerials. Tremendous efforts have been paid toward the development of new phtha- cyanine molecular materials as well as toward their applications. Recent emphasis in both academic researches and technical ?eld has been put on the design and synthesis of novel phthalocyanine species, the structure-propertyrelationship, se- assembly properties, molecular electronics and opto-electronics, and dye-sensitized solarcells.Althoughexcellentreviewsandmonographsaboutphthalocyanineswere publishedseveralyearsago, it is time to providea surveyof a numberof newimp- tant developments in this fascinating area of phthalocyanine chemistry. The aim of this book is to bring both the academic and industrial researchers an easy way to the new progress of phthalocyanines made lately in related ?eld.

This book displays how optical (absorption, emission, and magnetic circular dichroism) spectra of phthalocyanines and related macrocyclic dyes can be varied from their prototypical ones depending on conditions. As these compounds can be involved in colorful chemistry (which might be driven by impurities in solvents), their spectra behave like the sea-god Proteus in their mutability. Therefore, those who have been engaged with phthalocyanines for the first time, including even educated professional researchers and engineers, may have been embarrassed by the deceptive behavior of their compounds and could have, in the worst cases, given up their projects. This book is aimed not merely at reviewing the optical spectra, but also at helping such people, particularly beginners, to figure them out by showing some examples of their prototypical spectra and their variations in several situations. For the purpose of better understanding, the book also provides an introduction to their theoretical backgrounds as graphically as possible and without mathematicization for readers who are weak in mathematics.

Dieses wichtige Referenzwerk behandelt die grundlegenden Konzepte der Photoleitfähigkeit und der photoleitenden Materialien. Mit Photoconductivity and Photoconductive Materials präsentiert Professor Kasap eine maßgebliche Zusammenstellung der wesentlichen Grundsätze der Photoleitfähigkeit und stellt eine Auswahl aktueller photoleitfähiger Materialien vor. Der erste Band des zweibändigen Werks beginnt mit einer Darstellung der grundlegenden Konzepte und Definitionen. Es folgt eine Charakterisierung der verschiedenen Techniken auf Grundlage von stationärer, transienter und modulierter Photoleitfähigkeit, u.a. der neuen Methode der Ladungsextraktion durch linear steigende Spannung (CELIV). Auch die Physik der Terahertz-Photoleitfähigkeit sowie die Grundlagen der organischen Halbleiter LSoI werden behandelt. Der zweite Band beginnt mit einem umfassenden Überblick über eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher photoleitfähiger Materialien, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf einige der wichtigsten Photoleiter gelegt wird, darunter hydriertes amorphes Silizium, Cadmium-Quecksilber-Tellurid, verschiedene Röntgenphotoleiter, Diamantfilme, Metallhalogenidperowskite, Nanodrähte und Quantenpunkte. Auch die Anwendungen der photoleitenden Antenne werden erörtert. Das Werk, das zahlreiche Beiträge führender Autoren auf diesem Fachgebiet enthält, bietet den Leserinnen und Lesern außerdem: * Eine gründliche Einführung in die Charakterisierung von Halbleitern mit Hilfe von Techniken der Photoleitfähigkeit, insbesondere gleichmäßiger Beleuchtung und Phototräger-Gittertechniken * Eine umfassende Darstellung organischer Photoleiter mitsamt Informationen zu Photoerzeugung, Transport und Anwendungen im Druckbereich * Praktische Erörterungen der transienten Lichtleitfähigkeit im Flugzeitverfahren inklusive Experimentiertechniken und Interpretationshinweisen * Eine eingehende Betrachtung der transienten Photoleitfähigkeit organischer Halbleiterschichten und neuartiger Techniken der transienten Photoleitfähigkeit Photoconductivity and Photoconductive Materials ist nicht nur ein wichtiges Referenzwerk für Physiker in der Forschung, Materialwissenschaftler und Elektroingenieure, sondern auch ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk für Doktoranden und Studierende höherer Semester, die sich mit dem Bereich der optoelektronischen Materialien beschäftigen, sowie für Forschende in der Industrie. * Ein umfassendes zweibändiges Werk mit Beiträgen führender Fachautoren, herausgegeben von einem angesehenen Forscher auf dem Gebiet der Photoleitfähigkeit

This is the first set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science.Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in chemistry, materials science, physics, biology and medicine. They are the red color in blood (heme) and the green in leaves (chlorophyll); they are also excellent ligands that can coordinate with almost every metal in the Periodic Table. Grounded in natural systems, porphyrins are incredibly versatile and can be modified in many ways; each new modification yields derivatives demonstrated new chemistry, physics and biology, with a vast array of medicinal and technical applications.As porphyrins are currently employed as platforms for study of theoretical principles and applications in a wide variety of fields, the Handbook of Porphyrin Science represents a timely ongoing series dealing in detail with the synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical and medical properties and applications of polypyrrole macrocycles. Professors Karl Kadish, Kevin Smith and Roger Guilard are internationally recognized experts in the research field of porphyrins, each having his own separate area of expertise in the field. Between them, they have published over 1500 peer-reviewed papers and edited more than three dozen books on diverse topics of porphyrins and phthalocyanines. In assembling the new volumes of this unique Handbook, they have selected and attracted the very best scientists in each sub-discipline as contributing authors of the chaptersThis Handbook will prove to be a modern authoritative treatise on the subject as it is a collection of up-to-date works by world-renowned experts in the field. Complete with hundreds of figures, tables and structural formulas, and thousands of literature citations, all researchers and graduate students in this field will find the Handbook of Porphyrin Science an essential, major reference source for many years to come.

In the last decade, much progress has been made in these materials. This book presents a highly coherent coverage of supramolecular, photosensitive and electroactive materials, namely those that have been extensively investigated for applications in fields of electronic and photonic technologies. This extensive reference provides broad coverage of on different types of materials, their processing, spectroscopic characterization, physical properties and device applications.The implications reach from molecular recognition in synthetic and natural complexes to exciting new applications in chemical technologies, materials, nanostructures, functional materials, new generation catalysts, signal transducers, medical and biomedical applications and novel separation techniques. All these applications rely on supramolecular properties such as molecular recognition, molecular information, and tailored molecular assemblies.This book is aimed to present a highly coherent coverage of supramolecular, photosenstive and electroactive materials and their applications in electronic and photonic technologies. The research behind these materials constitute some of the most actively pursued fields of science.Key Features* Covers supramolecular photosensitive and electroactive materials* Provides recent developments on metallophthalocyanines and polydiacetylenes* Include various types of supramolecular materials, their processing, fabrication, physical properties and device applications* Role of polyimides in microelectronic and tribology* Describes Photosynthetic and respiratory proteins, Dendrimers* A very special topic presented in a timely manner and in a format

Drawing from the third edition of The Coatings Technology Handbook, this text provides a detailed analysis of the raw materials used in the coatings, adhesives, paints, and inks industries. Coatings Materials and Surface Coatings contains chapters covering the latest polymers, carbon resins, and high-temperature materials used for coatings, adhesiv

This handbook brings together, under a single cover, all aspects of the chemistry, physics, and engineering of surfaces and interfaces of materials currently studied in academic and industrial research. It covers different experimental and theoretical aspects of surfaces and interfaces, their physical properties, and spectroscopic techniques that have been applied to a wide class of inorganic, organic, polymer, and biological materials. The diversified technological areas of surface science reflect the explosion of scientific information on surfaces and interfaces of materials and their spectroscopic characterization. The large volume of experimental data on chemistry, physics, and engineering aspects of materials surfaces and interfaces remains scattered in so many different periodicals, therefore this handbook compilation is needed.The information presented in this multivolume reference draws on two decades of pioneering research on the surfaces and interfaces of materials to offer a complete perspective on the topic. These five volumes-Surface and Interface Phenomena; Surface Characterization and Properties; Nanostructures, Micelles, and Colloids; Thin Films and Layers; Biointerfaces and Applications-provide multidisciplinary review chapters and summarize the current status of the field covering important scientific and technological developments made over past decades in surfaces and interfaces of materials and spectroscopic techniques with contributions from internationally recognized experts from all over the world. Fully cross-referenced, this book has clear, precise, and wide appeal as an essential reference source long due for the scientific community. The complete reference on the topic of surfaces and interfaces of materialsThe information presented in this multivolume reference draws on two decades of pioneering researchProvides multidisciplinary review chapters and summarizes the current status of the fieldCovers important scientific and technological developments made over past decades in surfaces and interfaces of materials and spectroscopic techniquesContributions from internationally recognized experts from all over the world