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This work offers a detailed discussion and description of the properties of phthalocyanines and the many different ways in which their use can be applied - for example, in chemical sensors, electronic display devices, photoconduction, fuel cells, molecular metals, electrocatalysis, molecular computers, pollution control devices, liquid crystals, photodynamic therapy and biological stains. The book should be of interest to chemists, physicists, biologists and engineers in both academic and industrial areas.