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Unexpected High Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Activity of Metal Complexes with Three-Branched Hexadentate 2,2'-Bipyridine Ligands.

Authors :
Wolff MC
van Steerteghem N
Clays K
Heck J
Source :
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) [Chemistry] 2018 Oct 09; Vol. 24 (56), pp. 14901-14905. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Sep 11.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

Two hexadentate bipyridine ligands and their Ru <superscript>II</superscript> and Ni <superscript>II</superscript> complexes were prepared. The helical alignment of the three electron-donor-π-bridge-electron-acceptor (d-π-A) single-strands with bundle architecture in cooperation with the metal center can strongly enhance the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties. The complexation of the novel cage-type hexadentate ligands with a paramagnetic Ni <superscript>II</superscript> -core almost doubles the β <subscript>HRS</subscript> values compared with the corresponding diamagnetic Ru <superscript>II</superscript> complexes. The hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) was performed with a highly sensitive setup for simultaneous discrimination between multi-photon fluorescence and the molecular first hyperpolarizability.<br /> (© 2018 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1521-3765
Volume :
24
Issue :
56
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
29989225
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201801189