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Computational investigation on redox-switchable nonlinear optical properties of a series of polycyclic p-quinodimethane molecules

The polycyclic p-quinodimethanes are proposed to be the novel candidates of the high-performance nonlinear optical (NLO) materials because of their large third order polarizabilities (γ). We investigate the switchable NLO responses of a series of polycyclic p-quinodimethanes with redox properties by...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Yong-Qing, Wang, Wen-Yong, Ma, Na-Na, Wang, Cun-Huan, Zhang, Meng-Ying, Zou, Hai-Yan, Liu, Peng-Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24241127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00894-013-2035-1
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Sumario:The polycyclic p-quinodimethanes are proposed to be the novel candidates of the high-performance nonlinear optical (NLO) materials because of their large third order polarizabilities (γ). We investigate the switchable NLO responses of a series of polycyclic p-quinodimethanes with redox properties by employing the density functional theory (DFT). The polycyclic p-quinodimethanes are forecasted to exhibit obvious pure diradical characters because of their large y (0) index (the y (0) index is a value between 0 [closed-shell state] and 1 [pure biradical state]). The γ values of these polycyclic p-quinodimethanes and their corresponding one-electron and two-electron reduced/oxidized species are calculated by the (U)BHandHLYP method. The γ values of polycyclic p-quinodimethanes and their corresponding one-electron reduced species are all positive and significantly different. The large differences of the γ values are due to a change in the transition energy and are related to the different delocalization of the spin density, which demonstrates that the NLO switching is more effective on one-electron reduction reactions. Therefore, the study on these polycyclic p-quinodimethanes provides a guideline for a molecular design of highly efficient NLO switching. [Figure: see text] ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00894-013-2035-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.