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First Example of Nonlinear Optical Materials Based on Nanoconjugates of Sandwich Phthalocyanines with Quantum Dots.
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Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) [Chemistry] 2017 Feb 24; Vol. 23 (12), pp. 2820-2830. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jan 31. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We report original, selective, and efficient approaches to novel nonlinear optical (NLO) materials, namely homoleptic double- and triple-decker europium(III) complexes 2 and 3 with the A <subscript>3</subscript> B-type phthalocyanine ligand (2,3-bis[2'-(2''-hydroxyethoxy)ethoxy]-9,10,16,17,23,24-hexa-n-butoxyphthalocyanine 1) bearing two anchoring diethyleneglycol chains terminated with OH groups. Their covalently linked nanoconjugates with mercaptosuccinic acid-capped ternary CdSeTe/CdTeS/ZnSeS quantum dots are prepared in the presence of an ethyl(dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide activating agent. Optical limiting (OL) properties of the obtained low-symmetry complexes and their conjugates with quantum dots (QDs) are measured for the first time by the open-aperture Z-scan technique (532 nm laser and pulse rate of 10 ns). For comparison, symmetrical double- and triple-decker Eu <superscript>III</superscript> octa-n-butoxyphthalocyaninates 5 and 6 and their mixtures with trioctylphosphine oxide-capped QDs are also synthesized and studied. It is revealed that both lowering of molecular symmetry and expansion of the π-electron system upon moving from double- to triple-decker complexes significantly improves the OL characteristics, making the low-symmetry triple-decker complex 3 the most efficient optical limiter in the studied family of sandwich complexes, affording 50 % lowering of light transmittance below 0.5 J cm <superscript>-2</superscript> input fluence. Conjugation (both covalent and noncovalent) with QDs affords further enhancement of the OL properties of both double- and triple-decker complexes. Altogether, the obtained results contribute to the development of novel nonlinear optical materials for future nanoelectronic and optical device applications.<br /> (© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1521-3765
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28001325
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201604401