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Electron‐Transfer Photochromism To Switch Bulk Second‐Order Nonlinear Optical Properties with High Contrast
Author(s) -
Li PeiXin,
Wang MingSheng,
Zhang MingJian,
Lin ChenSheng,
Cai LiZhen,
Guo ShengPing,
Guo GuoCong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201406554
Subject(s) - photochromism , viologen , electron transfer , photochemistry , chemistry , nonlinear optical , nonlinear optics , ligand (biochemistry) , photoinduced electron transfer , electron , nonlinear system , zinc , materials science , physics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , quantum mechanics
The first bulk electron‐transfer photochromic compound with intrinsic second‐order nonlinear optical (NLO) photoswitching properties has been synthesized. This system employs an electron‐transfer photoactive asymmetric viologen ligand coordinated to a zinc(II) center.