NLO-active Y-shaped ferrocene conjugated imidazole chromophores as precursors for SHG polymeric films

• DOI: 10.1039/c9dt03637g
• Publication Date: 2020-01-08T17:03:48Z
• Authors: Selvam Prabu; Ezhumalai David; Thamodharan Viswa...; Krishnan Thirumoo...; Tamas Panda; Claudia Dragonetti; Alessia Colombo; Daniele Marinotto; Stefania Righetto; Dominique Roberto; Nallasamy Palanisami
• Keywords: second-order nonlinear optical; Poling; Y-shaped ferrocene; 01 natural sciences; EFISH; 0104 chemical sciences

Novel Y-shaped ferrocene appended imidazole compounds with good quadratic hyperpolarizabilities as building blocks for composite polymeric films with a good second harmonic generation response.