Polymer-based dielectrics (PDs) with improved permittivity (k) have considerable
applications including capacitors, actuator devices and electrical power systems due to their …

The control of luminous radiation has extremely important implications for modern and future
technologies as well as in medicine. In this Review, we detail chemical structures and their …

The design of new molecules for photochemical studies typically requires knowledge of
spectral features of pertinent chromophores beginning with the absorption spectrum (λabs) …

Solar energy has a great potential as a clean, cheap, renewable and sustainable energy
source, but it must be captured and transformed into useful forms of energy as plants do. An …

1. INTRODUCTION Porphyrins (Ps) 1, 2 and their best known synthetic analogues, the
phthalocyanines (Pcs; 2− 10 Chart 1) represent one of the most widely studied macrocyclic …

The review discusses the latest advances in the directed synthesis and application of
macroheterocyclic compounds in science, engineering and technology, viz. as catalysts for …

Figuration of bowl-shaped π-conjugated molecules: properties and functions - Materials Chemistry
Frontiers (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C7QM00593H Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF …

The field of nonlinear optics (NLO) has been developing for a few decades as a promising
field with important applications in the domain of photoelectronics and photonics. 1-3 NLO …

Subphthalocyanines (SubPcs, Figure 1) are the lowest homologues of phthalocyanines, well-
known two-dimensional 18 π-electron aromatic systems with unusual electrical and optical …

Phthalocyanines are versatile building blocks for fabricating materials at the nanometer
scale. These colored macrocycles exhibit fascinating physical properties which arise from …