Synthesis, spectral and redox switchable cubic NLO properties of chiral dinuclear iron cyanide/isocyanide-bridged complexes

Exploration of Nonlinear Optical Properties for the First Theoretical Framework of Non-Fullerene DTS(FBTTh2)2-Based Derivatives

Organic compounds having significant nonlinear optical (NLO) applications are being employed in the optoelectronics field. In the current work, a series of non-fullerene acceptor (NFA) based compounds are designed by modifying the acceptors with different substituents using DTS(FBTTh ₂ ) ₂ R1 as a reference compound. To study the NLO responses to the tuning of various acceptors, DFT and TD-DFT based parameters were calculated at the M06 level along with the 6-31G(d,p) basis set. The designed compounds (MSTD2-MSTD7) showed smaller values of the energy gap in comparison to the reference compound. The energy gaps of the title compounds were linked to global reactivity insights; MSTD7 provided a lower band gap, with smaller and larger quantities for hardness and softness characteristics, respectively. Further, UV-vis analyses were performed for all of the designed compounds, displaying wavelengths red-shifted from that of DTS(FBTTh ₂ ) ₂ R1 _. The intraelectron transfer (ICT) process and stability of the title compounds were explored via frontier molecular orbital (FMO) and natural bond orbital (NBO) studies, respectively. Out of all the designed compounds, the highest value of linear polarizability ⟨α⟩ of 3.485 × 10^-22 esu, first hyperpolarizability (β_total) of 13.44 × 10^-27 esu and second-order hyperpolarizability ⟨γ⟩ of 3.66 × 10^-31 esu were exhibited by MSTD7. In short, all of the designed compounds exhibited promising NLO properties because of their low charge transport resistance. These NLO properties may be useful for experimental researchers to uncover NLO materials for modern applications.

Efficient optical limiting of polypyrrole ternary nanohybrids co-functionalized with peripherally substituted porphyrins and axially coordinated metal-porphyrins

Herein, three polypyrrole-based nanohybrids were designed and prepared via a nucleophilic substitution reaction, i.e., peripherally substituted porphyrin-functionalized PPy (TPP-PPy), axially coordinated metal-porphyrin-functionalized PPy (SnTPP-PPy), and polypyrrole ternary nanohybrids co-functionalized with peripherally substituted porphyrins and axially coordinated metal-porphyrins (TPP-PPy-SnTPP). The TPP-PPy, SnTPP-PPy and TPP-PPy-SnTPP nanohybrids exhibited improved nonlinear optical and optical limiting performances when compared to the individual PPy and porphyrins under 4 ns, 532 nm laser pulses. Their improved optical nonlinearities were ascribed to a combination of mechanisms and efficient charge transfer effect between the porphyrins and PPy. The charge transfer effect between the porphyrins and PPy was confirmed by UV-vis absorption, fluorescence and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The TPP-PPy-SnTPP ternary nanohybrid exhibited the best nonlinear absorption, nonlinear refraction and optical limiting performances because of more effective charge transfer effect, which provides a new avenue for the development of polypyrrole-porphyrin systems in the fields of nonlinear optics and optoelectronic devices.

A review of solar and visible light active oxo-bridged materials for energy and environment

Oxo-bridged systems are versatile photo-redox catalysts for environmental decontamination and artificial photosynthesis.