Improved transparency–nonlinearity trade-off with boroxine-based octupolar molecules

…, I Ledoux, J Zyss, M Blanchard-Desce…

Index: Alcaraz, Gilles; Euzenat, Lisenn; Mongin, Olivier; Katan, Claudine; Ledoux, Isabelle; Zyss, Joseph; Blanchard-Desce, Mireille; Vaultier, Michel Chemical Communications, 2003 , # 22 p. 2766 - 2767

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Abstract

A series of octupolar molecules derived from the boroxine framework were designed and their optical nonlinearities were investigated by performing harmonic light scattering experiments in solution; the molecules were found to combine excellent transparency in the near UV-visible region (λmax≤ 280 nm) and significant first-order hyperpolarisabilities (up to β (0)= 56× 10− 30 esu).