Assemblies of phthalocyanines with porphyrins and porphyrazines: Ground and excited state optical properties

This review describes the history, back ground and recent progress on mixed complexes of phthalocyanines and porphyrins from 1984 to the present time. The emphasis is mainly on the optical properties of the ground and excited states of three families of mixed complexes, either covalently-linked and linear or cofacial and columnar. Their properties are compared and discussed in relation to their potential as light harvesting systems. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.