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Chiral Side Groups Trigger Second Harmonic Generation Activity in 3D Octupolar Bipyrimidine‐Based Organic Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
van Cleuvenbergen Stijn,
Kędziora Przemysław,
Fillaut JeanLuc,
Verbiest Thierry,
Clays Koen,
AkdasKilig Huriye,
Camerel Franck
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201705138
Subject(s) - second harmonic generation , chromophore , supramolecular chemistry , materials science , liquid crystal , nonlinear optics , nonlinear optical , surface modification , liquid crystalline , nanotechnology , chemical physics , thin film , optoelectronics , nonlinear system , chemistry , optics , organic chemistry , crystal structure , physics , laser , quantum mechanics
The design of efficient noncentrosymmetric materials remains the ultimate goal in the field of organic second‐order nonlinear optics. Unlike inorganic crystals currently used in second‐order nonlinear optical applications, organic materials are an attractive alternative owing to their fast electro‐optical response and processability, but their alignment into noncentrosymmetric film remains challenging. Here, symmetry breaking by judicious functionalization of 3D organic octupoles allows the emergence of multifunctional liquid crystalline chromophores which can easily be processed into large, flexible, thin, and self‐oriented films with second harmonic generation responses competitive to the prototypical inorganic KH 2 PO 4 crystals. The liquid‐crystalline nature of these chiral organic films also permits the modulation of the nonlinear optical properties owing to the sensitivity of the supramolecular organization to temperature, leading to the development of tunable macroscopic materials.