Synthesis of julolidine-containing nonlinear optical chromophores: Achieving excellent electro-optic activity by optimizing the bridges and acceptors

Autor: Shuhui Bo, Ling Qiu, Huajun Xu, Jialei Liu, Hua Zhang, Xinhou Liu, Fenggang Liu, Zhen Zhen, Lu Chen
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Dyes and Pigments. 134:358-367
ISSN: 0143-7208
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2016.07.038
Popis: Two series of highly efficient nonlinear optical chromophores A1-C1 and A2-C2 based on the julolidinyl donors and tricyanofuran or phenyl-trifluoromethyl-tricyanofuran acceptors (CF 3 -Ph-TCF) linked together via π-conjugation through thiophene or pyrrole or tetraene moieties as the bridges, have been synthesized and investigated. The ultraviolet absorption, solvatochromic, thermal stabilities and electro-optic activities of these chromophores were systematically studied to illustrate structure-performance relationships within the six chromophores. All the chromophores exhibited good thermal stabilities with the decomposition temperatures (T d ) higher than 200 °C. Appropriate combination of the π-conjugated bridge, electron-donor and electron-acceptor as well as the isolated group in the chromophores plays an important role in achieving larger electro-optic activities. Exemplified by the chromophore A2 with CF 3 -Ph-TCF acceptor, it gave a very large r 33 value of 223 pmV −1 at 1310 nm at the doping concentration of 25 wt%.
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