Donor-Acceptor Thiolated Polyenic Chromophores Exhibiting Large Optical Nonlinearity and Excellent Photostability

Yen-Ju Cheng, Jingdong Luo, Su Huang, Xinghua Zhou, Zhengwei Shi, Tae-Dong Kim, Denise H. Bale, Satsuki Takahashi, Andrew Yick, Brent M. Polishak, Sei-Hum Jang, Larry R. Dalton, Philip J. Reid, William H. Steier, Alex K.-Y. Jen

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Abstract

We have successfully utilized epoxyisophorone ring-opening chemistry to efficiently incorporate the butylthio group to the phenyltetraene bridge of highly efficient nonlinear optical chromophores in high overall yield. By following the guidance of Dewar's rules, the sulfur atom functions as a moderate π-accepting group at a starred position of the conjugated bridge. Several of very critical material parameters of the phenyltetraenic chromophores for device applications have been intrinsically and simultaneously improved through such a simple and straightforward engineering of molecular structures. Compared with the nonsubstituted analogue 2, thiolated chromophore 1 achieves higher molecular hyperpolarizability (34%), enhanced E-O coefficient (38%), significantly improved photochemical stability against 1O2 (by an order of magnitude), and better optical transparency (17 nm blue-shifted λmax absorption spectrum). © 2008 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5047-5054
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume20
Issue number15
Online published4 Jul 2008
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Aug 2008
Externally publishedYes

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