Fig. 2: Phthalocyanine-based BBL-ladder-type 2DCP-MPcs.

a, Schematic of the formation of the imidazole ring and synthesis of model compounds 3 and 6. b, Schematic of the synthesis of 2DCP-MPc. c, Experimental (violet and blue lines), Pawley refined (black dotted lines) and calculated (dark blue lines for slipped AA stacking; Supplementary Information) PXRD patterns as well as their difference plots (dark red lines) of 2DCP-MPcs. The calculated PXRD patterns of AA- and AB-stacked 2DCP-CuPc are shown in the dark yellow and light blue lines, respectively. d, Models of the monolayer (C, grey; N, dark blue; O, red; Cu, dark yellow; H, white) and slipped-AA-stacked 2DCP-CuPc.