Porphyrins and metalloporphyrins provide an extremely versatile nanometer-s
ized building block for the control of materials properties. Films, solids
and microporous solids have been explored as field-responsive materials (i.
e. interactions with applied electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields)
and as 'chemo-responsive' materials (i.e. interactions with other chemical
species as sensors or for selective binding or catalysis). Copyright (C) 20
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