A new six-branched chromophore GGQ1 is designed and synthesized via the incorporation of an FTC-type chromophore 1 with phenyl glycerol ester. The six-branched chromophore GGQ1 shows a large molecular weight of 3834 Daltons and can directly form thin films with quite high active chromophore loading density. For comparison, guest–host doped polymer films are fabricated by doping chromophore 1 and BF1 into poly(4-vinylphenol). All of these doped films show a saturated trend in second harmonic generation coefficient (d33) and a maximum d33 value between 50–70 pm V−1 around the doping concentration of 25 wt%, due to the strong interchromophore electrostatic interactions. In contrast, GGQ1 films display a d33 value of 192 pm V−1. The results indicate that the six-branched chromophore could efficiently reduce the interchromophore electrostatic interactions and enhance the macroscopic optical nonlinearity, showing promise for applications in nonlinear optical (NLO) materials.
通过将 FTC 型发色团 1 与苯基
甘油酯结合,设计并合成了一种新的六支链发色团 GGQ1。六支链发色团 GGQ1 的分子量高达 3834 道尔顿,可直接形成具有相当高活性发色团负载密度的薄膜。为了进行比较,我们在聚(4-
乙烯基苯酚)中掺入了发色团 1 和 BF1,从而制成了客体掺杂聚合物薄膜。所有这些掺杂薄膜的二次谐波发生系数(d33)都呈饱和趋势,在掺杂浓度为 25 wt%时,d33 的最大值在 50-70 pm V-1 之间,这是由于色团间存在强烈的静电作用。相比之下,GGQ1 薄膜的 d33 值为 192 pm V-1。结果表明,六支链发色团可以有效减少发色团间的静电作用,增强宏观光学非线性,有望应用于非线性光学(NLO)材料。