Tahir M, Aftab H, Shafiq I, Khalid M, Haq S, El-Kott AF, Zein MA, Hani U, Shafiq Z. Synthesis, characterization and NLO properties of 1,4-phenylenediamine-based Schiff bases: a combined theoretical and experimental approach.
RSC Adv 2024;
14:4221-4229. [PMID:
38292270 PMCID:
PMC10826287 DOI:
10.1039/d3ra07642c]
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Abstract
In the current study, three novel 1,4-phenylenediamine-based chromophores (3a-3c) were synthesized and characterized and then their nonlinear optical (NLO) characteristics were explored theoretically. The characterization was done by spectroscopic analysis, i.e. FT-IR, UV-Visible, and NMR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. Notably, these chromophores exhibited UV-Visible absorption within the range of 378.635-384.757 nm in acetonitrile solvent. Additionally, the FMO findings for 3a-3c revealed the narrowest band gap (4.129 eV) for 3c. The GRPs for these chromophores were derived from HOMO-LUMO energy values, which showed correspondence with FMO results by depicting a minimum hardness (2.065 eV) for 3c. Among these compounds, 3c displayed the highest nonlinear behavior with maximum μtot, βtot and γtot values of 4.79 D, 8.00 × 10-30 and 8.13 × 10-34 a.u., respectively. Our findings disclosed that the synthesized 1,4-phenylenediamine chromophores may be considered promising candidates for nonlinear optical materials, showing potential applications in the realm of optoelectronic devices.
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