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Zerulla B, Beutel D, Holzer C, Fernandez-Corbaton I, Rockstuhl C, Krstić M. A Multi-Scale Approach to Simulate the Nonlinear Optical Response of Molecular Nanomaterials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2311405. [PMID: 38009234 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
Abstract
Nonlinear optics is essential for many recent photonic technologies. Here, a novel multi-scale approach is introduced to simulate the nonlinear optical response of molecular nanomaterials combining ab initio quantum-chemical and classical Maxwell-scattering computations. In this approach, the first hyperpolarizability tensor is computed with time-dependent density-functional theory and incorporated into a multi-scattering formalism that considers the optical interaction between neighboring molecules. Such incorporation is achieved by a novel object: the Hyper-Transition(T)-matrix. With this object at hand, the nonlinear optical response from single molecules and also from entire photonic devices can be computed, including the full tensorial and dispersive nature of the optical response of the molecules, as well as the optical interaction between different molecules as, for example, in the lattice of a molecular crystal. To demonstrate the applicability of the novel approach, the generation of a second-harmonic signal from a thin film of an Urea molecular crystal is computed and compared to more traditional simulations. Furthermore, an optical cavity is designed, which enhances the second-harmonic response of the molecular film up to more than two orders of magnitude. This approach is highly versatile and accurate and can be the working horse for the future exploration of nonlinear photonic molecular materials in structured photonic environments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benedikt Zerulla
- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Elayan IA, Brown A. Degenerate and non-degenerate two-photon absorption of coumarin dyes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37318284 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp00723e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Two-photon absorption (2PA) spectroscopy is a robust bioimaging tool that depends on the determined cross-sections (σ2PA). The absorption of both photons occurs simultaneously with equivalent (degenerate) or different (non-degenerate) photon energies, D-2PA and ND-2PA, respectively. The former has been investigated experimentally and computationally for many systems, while the latter remains relatively unexplored computationally and limited experimentally. In this study, response theory using time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and the 2-state model (2SM) have been utilized to investigate σD-2PA and σND-2PA for the excitation to the lowest energy singlet state (S1) of coumarin, coumarin 6, coumarin 120, coumarin 307, and coumarin 343. Solvents involved were methanol (MeOH), chloroform (ClForm), and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), where the latter leads to the largest σ2PA. Values of σ2PA are largest for coumarin 6 and lowest for coumarin, which illustrates the effect of substituents. The 2SM clarifies how the largest cross-sections correspond to molecules with the largest transition dipole moments, μ01. In general, σD-2SM computations agree with σD-2PA. Moreover, σND-2SM are in qualitative agreement with σND-2PA with comparable enhancement relative to σD-2PA. Overall, σND-2PA are larger than σD-2PA where the increase is in the range of 22% to 49%, depending on the coumarin as well as the relative energies of the two photons. This work aids in future investigations into various fluorophores to understand their photophysical properties for ND-2PA.
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- Ismael A Elayan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2.
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Zhang R, Liu Y, Kong L, Xu XY. Regulation of optical properties for fluorescent triphenylamine-silver hybrid based on SPR effect. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2019; 223:117338. [PMID: 31306956 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, a two photon absorbing (TPA) material consisting silver nanoparticles and triphenylamine-thiol derivative (TBS) has been prepared through interfacial coordination effect according to soft-hard-acid-base principle. The interfacial structure and morphology of the hybrid are researched in detail. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of the hybrid are studied. Upon interfacial coordination, the hybrid shows red-shifted UV-Vis absorption, causing from enhanced electronic drawing strength due to existence of Ag atom. The results also indicate that the surface Plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of Ag nanoparticles (~6 nm) brings about enhancement in single photon fluorescence emission and two photon absorption. Compared with free TBS, Ag-TBS hybrids show higher TPA cross-section (δ), which is 8784 GM for TBS and up to 103876 GM for Ag-TBS hybrid, showing ~12 fold increase. Due to excellent TPA property, the hybrids have good application in the field of optical power limiting and its limiting threshold is 0.49 J/cm-2. This type of interfacial coordination induced hybrid provides a promising strategy to regulate linear optical properties and optimize nonlinear performance.
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- Rui Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, AnHui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, AnHui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, AnHui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, AnHui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, PR China
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Di Remigio R, Giovannini T, Ambrosetti M, Cappelli C, Frediani L. Fully Polarizable QM/Fluctuating Charge Approach to Two-Photon Absorption of Aqueous Solutions. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:4056-4068. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Roberto Di Remigio
- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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Hu Z, Jensen L. A Discrete Interaction Model/Quantum Mechanical Method for Simulating Plasmon-Enhanced Two-Photon Absorption. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 14:5896-5903. [PMID: 30351932 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this work, we extend the discrete interaction model/quantum mechanical (DIM/QM) method to simulate plasmon-enhanced two-photon absorption (PETPA). The metal nanoparticle is treated atomistically by means of electrodynamics, while the molecule is described using damped cubic response theory within a time-dependent density functional theory framework. Using DIM/QM, we study the PETPA of para-nitroaniline ( p-NA) with a focus on the local and image field effects, the molecular orientation effects, and the molecule-nanoparticle distance effects. Our findings show that the enhancement is more complex than the simple | E|4 enhancement mechanism, where | E| is the local field at the position of the molecule. Because of specific interactions with the nanoparticle, we find that a TPA dark state of p-NA can be significantly enhanced through a coupling with the plasmon excitation. The results presented in this work illustrate that the coupling between molecular excitations and plasmons can give rise to unusual and complex behavior in nonlinear spectroscopy that cannot simply be understood by considering the optical properties of the individual molecules and nanoparticles separately. The method presented here provides detailed insights into the enhancement of nonlinear optical properties of molecules coupled to plasmonic nanoparticles.
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- Zhongwei Hu
- Department of Chemistry , The Pennsylvania State University , 104 Chemistry Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , The Pennsylvania State University , 104 Chemistry Building , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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Morzan UN, Alonso de Armiño DJ, Foglia NO, Ramírez F, González Lebrero MC, Scherlis DA, Estrin DA. Spectroscopy in Complex Environments from QM–MM Simulations. Chem Rev 2018; 118:4071-4113. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Uriel N. Morzan
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Monti S, Carravetta V, Ågren H. Decoration of gold nanoparticles with cysteine in solution: reactive molecular dynamics simulations. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:12929-38. [PMID: 27305447 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr03181a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The dynamics of gold nanoparticle functionalization by means of adsorption of cysteine molecules in water solution is simulated through classical reactive molecular dynamics simulations based on an accurately parametrized force field. The adsorption modes of the molecules are characterized in detail disclosing the nature of the cysteine-gold interactions and the stability of the final material. The simulation results agree satisfactorily with recent experimental and theoretical data and confirm previous findings for a similar system. The covalent attachments of the molecules to the gold support are all slow physisorptions followed by fast chemisorptions. However, a great variety of binding arrangements can be observed. Interactions with the adsorbate caused surface modulations in terms of adatoms and dislocations which contributed to strengthen the cysteine adsorption.
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- Susanna Monti
- CNR-ICCOM, Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy.
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Li X, Carravetta V, Li C, Monti S, Rinkevicius Z, Ågren H. Optical Properties of Gold Nanoclusters Functionalized with a Small Organic Compound: Modeling by an Integrated Quantum-Classical Approach. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 12:3325-39. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Xin Li
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- CNR-IPCF, Institute of Chemical
and Physical Processes, via G. Moruzzi
1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- CNR-IPCF, Institute of Chemical
and Physical Processes, via G. Moruzzi
1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- CNR-ICCOM, Institute of Chemistry
of Organometallic Compounds, via G.
Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rinkevicius Z, Sandberg JAR, Li X, Linares M, Norman P, Ågren H. Hybrid Complex Polarization Propagator/Molecular Mechanics Method for Heterogeneous Environments. J Chem Theory Comput 2016; 12:2661-7. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b00255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Zilvinas Rinkevicius
- Division
of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Swedish
e-Science Research Centre, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-104 50 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division
of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division
of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
- Swedish
e-Science Research Centre, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Division
of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Sanader Ž, Krstić M, Russier-Antoine I, Bertorelle F, Dugourd P, Brevet PF, Antoine R, Bonačić-Koutecký V. Two-photon absorption of ligand-protected Ag15 nanoclusters. Towards a new class of nonlinear optics nanomaterials. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:12404-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00207b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Theoretical and experimental two-photon absorption cross sections of thiolated small silver cluster Ag15L11 exhibiting extraordinary large TPA.
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- Željka Sanader
- Center of excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean region (STIM) at Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Sciences and Technology (ICAST)
- University of Split
- HR-21000 Split
- Republic of Croatia
- Faculty of Science
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- Center of excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean region (STIM) at Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Sciences and Technology (ICAST)
- University of Split
- HR-21000 Split
- Republic of Croatia
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- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR CNRS 5306 and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- Université de Lyon
- 69622 Villeurbanne cedex
- France
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- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR CNRS 5306 and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- Université de Lyon
- 69622 Villeurbanne cedex
- France
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- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR CNRS 5306 and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- Université de Lyon
- 69622 Villeurbanne cedex
- France
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- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR CNRS 5306 and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- Université de Lyon
- 69622 Villeurbanne cedex
- France
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- Institut Lumière Matière
- UMR CNRS 5306 and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
- Université de Lyon
- 69622 Villeurbanne cedex
- France
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- Center of excellence for Science and Technology-Integration of Mediterranean region (STIM) at Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Sciences and Technology (ICAST)
- University of Split
- HR-21000 Split
- Republic of Croatia
- Department of Chemistry
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