Nonlinear Optical Thin Film Device from a Chiral Octopolar Phenylacetylene Liquid Crystal
摘要:
A set of chiral discotic phenylacetylenes have been synthesized by 3-fold Sonogashira coupling between different ethynylbenzenes and triiodobenzenes. The resultant bulk materials are fully characterized by polarized optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and X-ray diffraction. The octopolar nature of the target compounds is studied by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and hyper-Raleigh scattering in solution. Optimization of the donor-acceptor substitution yields both high hyperpolarizability values and appreciable mesomorphic properties. A simple thin film device for second harmonic generation has been prepared from the nitro-substituted liquid crystalline derivative.
Nonlinear Optical Thin Film Device from a Chiral Octopolar Phenylacetylene Liquid Crystal
作者:Laura de Vega、Stijn van Cleuvenbergen、Griet Depotter、Eva M. García-Frutos、Berta Gómez-Lor、Ana Omenat、Rosa M. Tejedor、José Luis Serrano、Gunther Hennrich、Koen Clays
DOI:10.1021/jo302297j
日期:2012.12.7
A set of chiral discotic phenylacetylenes have been synthesized by 3-fold Sonogashira coupling between different ethynylbenzenes and triiodobenzenes. The resultant bulk materials are fully characterized by polarized optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and X-ray diffraction. The octopolar nature of the target compounds is studied by UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and hyper-Raleigh scattering in solution. Optimization of the donor-acceptor substitution yields both high hyperpolarizability values and appreciable mesomorphic properties. A simple thin film device for second harmonic generation has been prepared from the nitro-substituted liquid crystalline derivative.