Volume 126, Issue 43 pp. 11713-11715
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Electron-Transfer Photochromism To Switch Bulk Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties with High Contrast

Dr. Pei-Xin Li

Dr. Pei-Xin Li

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China)

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Prof. Dr. Ming-Sheng Wang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Ming-Sheng Wang

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China)

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Dr. Ming-Jian Zhang

Dr. Ming-Jian Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China)

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Dr. Chen-Sheng Lin

Dr. Chen-Sheng Lin

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China)

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Li-Zhen Cai

Li-Zhen Cai

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China)

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Sheng-Ping Guo

Sheng-Ping Guo

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China)

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Prof. Dr. Guo-Cong Guo

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Guo-Cong Guo

State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (P. R. China)

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First published: 02 September 2014
Citations: 21

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the NSF of China (21373225, 21101152, 21221001, 91222204), 973 program (2011CBA00505), and the NSF of Fujian Province (2012J05032).

Abstract

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.

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