Substituted bis(phthalocyanines): electrochemical properties and probe beam deflection (mirage) studies

Lutetium bis(phthalocyanine) has been shown to form intrinsic molecular sem iconductors under the form of thin films. Unsubstituted and substituted lut etium complexes have been studied by electrochemistry to measure the number of charges exchanged during the redox processes together with the probe be am deflection (mirage) technique in order to determine the nature and the d irection of the flux of ions coming in or out of the molecular thin him lay er when oxidation or reduction occurs.