A new method of growing single crystal for P-form copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) is presented in this paper. Melted anthracene was used as solvent of CuPc. The method, vaporizing the solvent using an automatic exaltation machine, was employed to grow CuPc single crystals. The needle-like single crystals of CuPc up to 11.6mm in length were obtained by applying this method. The influences of different temperatures, exaltation speeds and concentrations on the single crystals growth were also discussed. The method was called exaltation-evaporation growth method. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.