Zinc(II) as a Versatile Template for Efficient Dipolar and Octupolar Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Molecular Materials §

This short review outlines the main results obtained in the field of molecular materials based on zinc coordination compounds for second-order nonlinear optics. It presents an overview of the main classes of second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) active complexes bearing monodentate, bidentate, tridentate, or tetradentate π-delocalized ligands such as substituted stilbazoles, bipyridines, phenanthrolines, terpyridines, and Schiff bases. Macrocyclic ligands such as porphyrins and phthalocyanines are not covered. This paper shows how coordination to the Zn(II) center of π-delocalized nitrogen donor ligands produces a significant enhancement of their quadratic hyperpolarizability. Dipolar complexes are mainly presented, but octupolar zinc complexes are also presented. The coverage is mainly focused on NLO properties that are measured at the molecular level, working in solution, by means of the electric field-induced second harmonic generation (EFISH) or the hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) techniques.

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X-ray Structures and Emissive and Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Two Inorganic−Organic Polymeric Adducts of CuI with 4-Acetylpyridine. The Role of Both “Intrastrand” Charge Transfers and Structural Motifs on the Nonlinear Optical Response of Cu(I) Polymeric Adducts with Pseudoaromatic η1-Nitrogen Donor Ligands

Chemistry of Materials ◽

10.1021/cm020640w ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 14 (12) ◽

pp. 5116-5123 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Elena Cariati ◽

Dominique Roberto ◽

Renato Ugo ◽

Peter C. Ford ◽

Simona Galli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Optical Properties ◽

Nonlinear Optical ◽

Optical Response ◽

Nonlinear Optical Properties ◽

Nonlinear Optical Response ◽

Donor Ligands ◽

Nitrogen Donor Ligands ◽

X Ray ◽

Nitrogen Donor

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Reactions of [Et4N][Tp*W(μ3-S)(μ-S)2(CuSCN)2] with Nitrogen Donor Ligands: Syntheses, Structures, and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry ◽

10.1002/ejic.200900424 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2009 (28) ◽

pp. 4240-4247 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Zhen-Hong Wei ◽

Ling-Ling Li ◽

Zhi-Gang Ren ◽

Hong-Xi Li ◽

Jian-Ping Lang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Optical Properties ◽

Nonlinear Optical ◽

Nonlinear Optical Properties ◽

Donor Ligands ◽

Third Order ◽

Nitrogen Donor Ligands ◽

Nitrogen Donor

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Intermolecular Coupling Enhancement of the Molecular Hyperpolarizability in Multi-chromophoric Dipolar Dendrons

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-598-bb3.9 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 598 ◽

Author(s):

Shiyoshi Yokoyama ◽

Akira Otomo ◽

Shinro Mashiko

Keyword(s):

Nonlinear Optical ◽

Rayleigh Scattering ◽

Second Harmonic ◽

Second Order ◽

Donor And Acceptor ◽

Nonlinear Optical Chromophore ◽

Scattering Technique ◽

Molecular Hyperpolarizability ◽

Azobenzene Chromophore ◽

Electron Donor And Acceptor

ABSTRACTNonlinear optical dendritic macromolecules, called “azobenzene dendrons”, having a branching structure modified with a second-order nonlinear optical chromophore has been synthesized. An electron donor and acceptor azobenzene chromophore having a large molecular hyperpolarizability of β0=150E-30 esu, was chosen. The electronic structure of synthesized dendrons, which were expected to become dipolar due to their intermolecular attractive interaction, was proven by second-order nonlienar optical properties. The molecular hyperpolarizabilities of azobenzene dendrons were measured by the hypr-Rayleigh scattering technique. The highest molecular hyperpoalrizability was found to be 3,010E-30 esu for an azobenzene dendron having 15 chromophoric unit, where each chromophore coherently contribute to the second harmonic generation. This level of the molecular hyperpolarizability was much larger than that for a monomeric azobenzene chromophore.

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SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF CHROMOPHORE-COATED PARTICLES: SYMMETRY CONSIDERATIONS

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials ◽

10.1142/s0218863507003512 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 16 (01) ◽

pp. 27-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KASPER BAERT ◽

KURT WOSTYN ◽

RENAUD A. L. VALLÉE ◽

KOEN CLAYS

Keyword(s):

Optical Properties ◽

Nonlinear Optical ◽

Rayleigh Scattering ◽

Second Harmonic ◽

Nonlinear Effects ◽

Second Order ◽

Nonlinear Optical Properties ◽

Harmonic Intensity ◽

Nonlinear Optical Chromophores ◽

Optical Chromophores

The second-order nonlinear optical properties of polystyrene particles coated with two well-characterized nonlinear optical chromophores with different molecular symmetry have been studied. From the markedly different depolarization ratio for the hyper-Rayleigh scattering from the molecular scatterers and from the largely different second-harmonic intensity from particles coated with these chromophores, we conjecture that contributions from antisymmetric molecular electronic states are necessary to observe second-order nonlinear effects from centrosymmetrical particles in isotropic solution.

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The role of zero-field splitting and π-stacking interaction of different nitrogen-donor ligands on the optical properties of luminescent rhenium tricarbonyl complexes

New Journal of Chemistry ◽

10.1039/d1nj01544c ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Plinio Cantero-López ◽

Yoan Hidalgo-Rosa ◽

Zoraida Sandoval-Olivares ◽

Julián Santoyo-Flores ◽

Pablo Mella ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Excited States ◽

Coordination Compounds ◽

Donor Ligands ◽

Zero Field ◽

Zero Field Splitting ◽

Nitrogen Donor Ligands ◽

Nitrogen Donor ◽

Π Stacking Interaction ◽

Rhenium Tricarbonyl

Rhenium tricarbonyl complexes are one of the most important classes of coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry. Exploring their luminescent excited states, lowest singlet (S1), and the lowest triplet (T1), is...

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New Synthetic Routes Toward Enantiopure Nitrogen Donor Ligands.

ChemInform ◽

10.1002/chin.200715098 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 38 (15) ◽

Author(s):

Xavier Sala ◽

Anna M. Rodriguez ◽

Montserrat Rodriguez ◽

Isabel Romero ◽

Teodor Parella ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Donor Ligands ◽

Nitrogen Donor Ligands ◽

Nitrogen Donor ◽

Synthetic Routes

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Oxidative Degradation of Toxic Organic Pollutants by Water Soluble Nonheme Iron(IV)-Oxo Complexes of Polydentate Nitrogen Donor Ligands

Dalton Transactions ◽

10.1039/d0dt04421k ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sandip Munshi ◽

Rahul Dev Jana ◽

Tapan Kanti Paine

Keyword(s):

Organic Pollutants ◽

Oxidative Degradation ◽

Heme Iron ◽

Water Soluble ◽

Donor Ligands ◽

Nitrogen Donor Ligands ◽

Polydentate Ligands ◽

Oxo Complexes ◽

Non Heme Iron ◽

Nitrogen Donor

The ability of four mononuclear non-heme iron(IV)-oxo complexes supported by nitrogen donor polydentate ligands in degrading organic pollutants has been investigated. The water soluble iron(II) complexes upon treatment with ceric...

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