Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Chemistry - Materials Chemistry, course: M.Phil, language: English, abstract: This thesis is about Substituted Nickel Phthalocyanines and their preparation. Currently intensive research work is going on in producing phthalocyanine compounds, which have been useful for applications, such as important industrial dyes and pigments since their early syntheses at the beginning of last century. They have been employed as charge carriers in photocopiers and laser printers, as well as materials for optical storage in recent years. Many potential applications were expected for these molecular materials which have a high thermal and chemical stability, for instance as potential industrial catalysts, solar cell functioning materials, gas sensors, nonlinear optical limiting devices, as power leads and as molecular switches in nanotechnology, photodynamic therapy agents, antiscrapie treatments, antimycotic materials, antimicrobial agents, as corrosion inhibitors, as photoconductors, electrical conductors, photosensitizers, photovoltaic materials and as colorants for cyano toners. Except for few derivatives, soluble phthalocyanine complexes were prepared for dyes and colors, which were found to be impure. Use of pure phthalocyanines and their derivatives are very important in order to exploit the full potential of the coloring effects, thermal stability, photoconductivity, semi conducting, catalytic and various other physico chemical properties. The solubility of phthalocyanines can be increased either by changing the number and nature of the substitutents or by changing the central metal ion. Ligation of the central metal ion will also enhance the solubility. In the present investigation, it was planned to synthesize various metal phthalocyanines containing different substitutents at particular positions, so that symmetrically tetra substituted derivatives will be prepared and their structural investigations will be carried
About the Author: DR. SHOUKAT ALI R A Assistant Professor Chemistry Department Davangere University Davanagere -577007 E mail ID: shoukichem2019@davangereuniversity.ac.in Contact Number: 9071986783 I, Dr. Shoukat Ali R A has finished his M.Sc Studies in Chemistry in July-2006. Later I started my teaching career in National Education Society, Shimoga, Karnataka, India. Meanwhile I joined the research group of Dr. J. Keshavayya, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, Karnataka, India for my research studies. I, Shoukat Ali R A awarded master of Philosophy [M.Phil] and doctor of philosophy [Ph.D] degree in the year Feb-2009 and July-2014 repectively under the supervision of Prof. J. Keshavayya. Dr. Shoukat Ali has published 14 research articles of national and international repute and has more than 13 years of teaching experience [3 years in PU-UG level and 10 years PG level- as Guest faculty in Kuvempu University, Shimoga]. At present I am serving as Assistant Professor of Chemistry in Davangere University, Davanagere.