high hydrophobicity promotes the undesirable aggregation process in aqueous media.
Studies carried out with aluminum phthalocyanine hydroxide (AlPcOH) in different
water/ethanol mixtures (v/v) have shown that in proportions of water lower than 30% the Pc
is in the monomeric form. At 40 and 50% water/ethanol there was formation of dimers linked
by hydrogen bonding or Al-O-Al bridged, while in percentages of water higher than 60% the …