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Meaning of "phthalocyanine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHTHALOCYANINE

From phthal- (see phthalein) + cyanine.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHTHALOCYANINE

phthalocyanine  [ˌθæləʊˈsaɪəˌniːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHTHALOCYANINE

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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
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Phthalocyanine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHTHALOCYANINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phthalocyanine

Phthalocyanine is an intensely blue-green-coloured aromatic macrocyclic compound that is widely used in dyeing. Phthalocyanines form coordination complexes with most elements of the periodic table. These complexes are also intensely colored and also are used as dyes or pigments.

Definition of phthalocyanine in the English dictionary

The definition of phthalocyanine in the dictionary is a cyclic blue-green organic pigment. Formula: 4N4H4. Other definition of phthalocyanine is any of a class of compounds derived by coordination of this compound with a metal atom. They are blue or green pigments used in printing inks, plastics, and enamels.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHTHALOCYANINE


alanine
ˈæləˌniːn
Benin
bɛˈniːn
cinchonine
ˈsɪŋkəˌniːn
conine
ˈkəʊniːn
cotinine
ˈkɒtəˌniːn
creatinine
kriːˈætəˌniːn
cyanine
ˈsaɪəˌniːn
ethionine
eˈθiːəˌniːn
gelseminine
dʒelˈsemɪˌniːn
guanine
ˈɡwɑːniːn
hydrastinine
haɪˈdræstɪˌniːn
limonene
ˈlɪməˌniːn
methionine
mɛˈθaɪəˌniːn
mezzanine
ˈmɛzəˌniːn
phenylalanine
ˌfiːnaɪlˈæləˌniːn
pinene
ˈpaɪniːn
retinene
ˈrɛtɪˌniːn
thionine
ˈθaɪəʊˌniːn
threonine
ˈθriːəˌniːn
triiodothyronine
ˌtraɪaɪˌəʊdəʊˈθaɪrəˌniːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHTHALOCYANINE

phthalate
phthalein
phthalic acid
phthalic anhydride
phthalin
phthalocyanin
phthiriases
phthiriasis
phthisic
phthisical
phthisicky
phthisis
Phuket
phut
phwoar
phycobilin
phycobiont
phycocyan

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHTHALOCYANINE

adenine
arginine
asinine
canine
feminine
leonine
nine
nine-nine-nine
on cloud nine
oscinine
pennine
ranine
safranine
saponine
saturnine
sixty-nine
solanine
stanine
strychnine
unfeminine

Synonyms and antonyms of phthalocyanine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phthalocyanine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHTHALOCYANINE

Find out the translation of phthalocyanine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phthalocyanine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phthalocyanine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

酞菁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ftalocianina
570 millions of speakers

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phthalocyanine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phthalocyanine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لل Phthalocyanine
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фталоцианина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ftalocianina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phthalocyanine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phtalocyanine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phthalocyanine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phthalocyanin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フタロシアニン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프탈로시아닌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phthalocyanine
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

phthalocyanine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாலோசயனைன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाल्लोकेयाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ftalosiyanin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ftalocianina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phthalocyanine
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фталоцианина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phthalocyanine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φθαλοκυανιδίνης
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Phthalocyanine
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ftalocyanin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phthalocyanine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phthalocyanine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHTHALOCYANINE»

The term «phthalocyanine» is normally little used and occupies the 113.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHTHALOCYANINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phthalocyanine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHTHALOCYANINE»

Discover the use of phthalocyanine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phthalocyanine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Phthalocyanine Materials: Synthesis, Structure, and Function
This book assimilates this information and uses recent advances from the study of phthalocyanine-based materials to evaluate critically their potential role in emerging technologies.
Neil Bruce McKeown, 1998
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Functional Phthalocyanine Molecular Materials
The aim of this book is to bring both the academic and industrial researchers an easy way to the new progress of phthalocyanines made lately in related ?eld.
Jianzhuang Jiang, 2010
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Phthalocyanine Research and Applications
Commercial manufacturing methods of phthalocyanine and copper phthalocyanine as well as methods for eliminating crystallization and flocculation of the pigment form evolved. In addition, partially chlorinated and fully chlorinated copper ...
Arthur L. Thomas, 1990
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Gas Sensing Mechanisms in Chemiresistive Metal ...
Chemically sensitive field-effect transistors (ChemFETs) of ZnPc are evaluated for use as vapor sensors.
Forest I. Bohrer, 2008
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Temperature-dependent Structures of Heteroepitaxial ...
Metallo-phthalocyanines (MPcs, M = Cu, Fe) thin films were formed on Ag(111) surface by vapor deposition in ultra high vacuum (UHV).
Kedar Manandhar, 2007
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The Porphyrin Handbook: Applications of phthalocyanines
Syntheses of Phthalocyanine Pigments 1u7 A. Syntheses of the Phthalocyanine Ring Structure 107 1 . Starting Materials 108 2. Phthalodinitrile Process 109 3. Phthalic Anhydride/Urea Process 113 B. Synthesis of Halogenated Copper ...
Karl M. Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, Roger Guilard, 2003
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Coordination compounds of porphyrins and phthalocyanine
Reviews the physiochemical properties of natural and synthetic porphyrins, phthalocyanine and its polymers, and their numerous complexes.
Boris Dmitrievich Berezin, 1981
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Quantitative Grain Size Distribution of Iron Phthalocyanine ...
Structural and magnetic properties of iron phthalocyanine (FePc) thin films deposited on sapphire substrates are studied as a function of deposition temperature and deposition thickness without annealing.
K. Paul Gentry, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry
The phthalocyanine (hereafter referred to as Pc) is a porphyrin-like dye that has been known for many years. The word phthalocyanine, from the Greek for naphtha (rock oil) and cyanine (blue), was first used by Linstead in 1933 to describe a ...
J. L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed, 2004
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The Porphyrin Handbook: Phthalocyanines: Synthesis
63 I. Method l: Metal-Free Phthalocyanine from Phthalonitrile and Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 2. Method II: Metal-Free Phthalocyanine from Phthalonitrile by Subsequent Removal of Labile Metal Ions .
Karl Kadish, Roger Guilard, Kevin M. Smith, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHTHALOCYANINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phthalocyanine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scientists build single-molecule transistor gated with individual atoms
In the middle is a phthalocyanine (H2Pc) molecule, a large molecule that is the basis of many blue/green dyes. Around the outside, arranged in ... «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
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Interfacial assembly of mesoporous nanopyramids as ultrasensitive …
Article | PubMed |; Li, Y. J., Ma, M. J., Yin, G., Kong, Y. & Zhu, J. J. Phthalocyanine-sensitized graphene–CdS nanocomposites: an enhanced ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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World's tiniest transistor is the size of a single molecule
Unexpectedly, the orientation of the phthalocyanine molecule was discovered to be affected by its charge. By altering it, a more complex range ... «Wired.co.uk, Jul 15»
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At the limit of Moore's law: scientists develop molecule-sized …
The transistor is made of a single molecule of phthalocyanine surrounded by ring of 12 positively charged indium atoms placed on an indium ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Three Experiments That Show Quantum Physics Is Real
Image of interference of phthalocyanine molecules; each dot is a single molecule detected by fluorescence, the pattern of stripes is indicative of ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Much more Moore's Law, as boffins assemble atom-level transistor
The transistor consists of a single molecule of phthalocyanine (a carbon/hydrogen/nitrogen compound) surrounded by 12 positively-charged ... «The Register, Jul 15»
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Molecular transistor
... a transistor consisting of a single organic molecule and positively charged metal atoms, (phthalocyanine molecule with twelve indium atoms), ... «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
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Researchers Build a Transistor from a Molecule and a Few Atoms
Scanning tunneling microscope image of a phthalocyanine molecule centered within a hexagon assembled from twelve indium atoms on an ... «U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Jul 15»
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Range of coloring options expanded for compostable bioplastics
Moreover, the use of common organic pigments, such as those in the copper-phthalocyanine family, is ruled out by their heavy-metal content. «Plastics Today, Jun 15»
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Seton Hall Supporting the NYAS Chemical Biology Symposium
... Stephen Kozuch and Mayurbhai Patel, on the topic of “Phthalocyanine Bioconjugates and their Applications in Photodynamic Therapy. «Seton Hall University News & Events, May 15»

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