Table 1.

Photophysical data of the two metallo-phthalocyanines (MPc) in different solvents

MPc	Solvent	λabs (nm)	Ɛ (cm−1 M−1)	λem (nm)
NiPc	H2O	625	25,370
NiPc	CH3CN	600	21,978
ZnPc	H2O	637	8083	705
ZnPc	CH3CN	627	6186