Effect of torsional twist on 2nd order non-linear optical activity of anthracene and pyrene tricyanofuran derivatives
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Effect of torsional twist on 2nd order non-linear optical activity of anthracene and pyrene tricyanofuran derivatives / M. Planells, M. Pizzotti, G.S. Nichol, F. Tessore, N. Robertson. - In: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 1463-9084. - 16:42(2014 Nov 14), pp. 23404-23411. [10.1039/c4cp03509g]
Abstract:
Tricyanofuran (TCF) derivatives attached to both anthracene and pyrene moieties were synthesised and characterised by optical, electrochemical and computational techniques. Both compounds exhibited similar absorption profile as well as electrochemical behaviour, however the pyrene derivative showed 20-fold higher non-linear optical activity measured by the EFISH technique. This huge difference has been assigned to (i) a lower molar absorption and (ii) a higher torsion angle for the anthracene derivative, confirmed by both experimental X-ray diffraction and DFT calculations. Furthermore, we note that the μβ1.907 value of -1700 × 10(-48) esu recorded for the pyrene derivative in CHCl3/pyridine is remarkable for a NLO chromophore lacking a classical push-pull structure.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
electronic-properties; chromophores; donor; acceptor; hyperpolarizabilities; molecules; polyenes; state; coordination; aggregation
Elenco autori:
M. Planells, M. Pizzotti, G.S. Nichol, F. Tessore, N. Robertson
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