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A Density Functional Study of the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Edge‐Functionalized Nonplanar Nanographenes
Author(s) -
Dai Yafei,
Li Zhenyu,
Yang Jinlong
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201500400
Subject(s) - surface modification , density functional theory , nonlinear optical , materials science , symmetry (geometry) , anisotropy , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , chemical physics , nonlinear system , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , chemistry , computational chemistry , physics , optics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , computer science , geometry , telecommunications
The atomically precise edge chlorination of nanographenes has recently been reported as a crucial technology of functionalization through which the planar structure and optical properties of nanographenes can be significantly changed. To check the effects of molecular size, geometrical symmetry and edge functionalization of nanographenes on their optical properties, a series of nanographenes is studied in the framework of density functional theory with the B3LYP functional. Our results indicate that edge functionalization remarkably changes the nonlinear optical properties and increases the anisotropy of nanographenes compared to the effects of the molecular size and system geometric symmetry. Furthermore, the nonlinear optical properties of nanographenes can be tuned by precise edge functionalization, which opens a new avenue for using nanographenes as nonlinear optical materials.