FUNCTIONAL SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS - SELF-ASSEMBLY OF PHTHALOCYANINES AND PORPHYRAZINES

Phthalocyanines and related compounds can self-assemble into columnar structures in the solid and liquid crystalline state, in Langmuir-Blod gett films and in solution. This paper presents an overview of supramo lecular architectures that have been constructed using several phthalo cyanine and porphyrazine building blocks substituted with hydrocarbon chains and/or crown ether units. The most interesting applications of such highly organized columnar assemblies are in the field of one-dime nsional transport of energy, charge and ions.