Abstract: Recent development in the preparation and application of porphyrin micro- and nanomaterials was summarized. Currently, a variety of methods for preparing organic nanomaterials have been used for the preparation of porphyrin micro- and nanomaterials, such as surfactants templating, re-precipitation and ultrasound methods. In addition, porphyrin molecules have been chosen as excellent building blocks for the assemblying in supermolecular chemistry due to their unique planar molecular skeleton and conjugated π-π bondings. Up to date, the research on organic nanomaterials has been mainly focused on the preparation of functional porphyrin micro- and nanomaterials in recent years. With excellent optical property and thermal stability, porphyrin micro- nanomaterials will show broadly potentials in application fields of analytical chemistry, biomimetics, catalysis and materials science fields.

Key words: Porphyrin compounds, Micro- and Nanomaterials, chemical synthesis, optoelectronic devices