Abstract

A series of octakisalkylthiophthalocyanines, (C_nS)₈PcH₂ (n = 8, 10, 12, 16), and their copper(II) complexes, (C_nS)₈PcCu (n = 8, 10, 12, 16), have been synthesized. Their mesomorphism and supramolecular structures have been investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing microscopy, temperature-dependent X-ray diffraction technique and temperature-dependent electronic spectroscopy. From the X-ray diffraction and electronic spectral results, it was revealed that each of the compounds has a D_h mesophase in which columnar structures the molecules form a mixture of the parts of aggregated dimers and monomers. The shapes of dimers are discussed by exciton coupling theory (Kasha's rule).