Influence of 2,3-naphthalocyanines structure on their supramolecular organization in floating layers

Abstract

Abstract Herein, we present a study of the floating layers morphology for 2-naphthyl- and 2-naphthoxy-substituted zinc 2,3-naphthalocyaninates. The packing of molecules in the monolayer structures at the air-water interface were simulated, and the unit-cell parameters of face-on and edge-on monolayers were calculated. Using these data, the supramolecular organization of the floating layers of the substituted 2,3-naphthalocyanine complexes was determined. It was shown that these compounds form stable layers with edge-on packing of molecules at the air-water interface. The results obtained give the possibility to use more efficiently thin-film structures based on the obtained Langmuir layers in optoelectronics.