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Hood BR, de Coene Y, Torre Do Vale Froes AV, Jones CF, Beaujean P, Liégeois V, MacMillan F, Champagne B, Clays K, Fielden J. Electrochemically-Switched 2nd Order Non-Linear Optical Response in an Arylimido-Polyoxometalate with High Contrast and Cyclability. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202215537. [PMID: 36448963 PMCID: PMC10107823 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
Abstract
Electrochemically switched 2nd order non-linear optical responses have been demonstrated for the first time in polyoxometalates (POMs), with an arylimido-derivative showing a leading combination of high on/off contrast (94 %), high visible transparency, and cyclability. Spectro-electrochemical and TD-DFT studies indicate that the switch-off results from weakened charge transfer (CT) character of the electronic transitions in the reduced state. This represents the first study of an imido-POM reduced state, and demonstrates the potential of POM hybrids as electrochemically activated molecular switches.
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- Bethany R Hood
- School of Chemistry, University of EastAnglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Chemistry, University of EastAnglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Unit of Theoretical and Structural Physical Chemistry, NISM (Namur Institute of Structured Matter), University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Unit of Theoretical and Structural Physical Chemistry, NISM (Namur Institute of Structured Matter), University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- School of Chemistry, University of EastAnglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry, Unit of Theoretical and Structural Physical Chemistry, NISM (Namur Institute of Structured Matter), University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles, 61, 5000, Namur, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- School of Chemistry, University of EastAnglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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David E, Colombo A, Dragonetti C, Palanisami N. Novel Ferrocene-Appended β-Ketoimines and Related BF 2 Derivatives with Significant Aggregation-Induced Emission and Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties. Chemistry 2021; 27:7124-7137. [PMID: 33481291 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A series of new β-ketoimines containing a ferrocene moiety and their BF2 complexes have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The solvatochromism of the β-ketoimines was studied, putting in evidence a redshift with increasing solvent polarity. This positive solvatochromism can be attributed to a more polarized excited state compared with the ground state, due to intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) transitions. The β-ketoimines exhibited weak emission, attributable to the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) phenomenon. This ESIPT effect is suppressed upon restriction of the keto-enamine tautomerism, induced upon addition of BF3 ⋅OEt2 , which afforded the related BF2 complexes, characterized by an enhancement of the fluorescence through the ICT effect. Both the β-ketoimines and BF2 complexes exhibited significant aggregation-induced emission behavior in mixtures of CH3 CN/H2 O, due to restriction of intramolecular rotation in the aggregated state. The frontier molecular orbital levels, ground- and excited-state dipole moments (μg and μe ), and the origin of electronic absorption spectra were studied by time-dependent DFT calculations. The second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties were determined by the electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation technique. The μβ1907 values of the β-ketoimines increased upon the formation of the related BF2 complexes, mainly due to an enhancement of the ground-state dipole moment. The results presented here reveal that some of these novel compounds are excellent multifunctional candidates for NLO and luminescence applications.
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- Ezhumalai David
- Centre for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamilnadu, India
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano and UdR-INSTM, Via C. Golgi 19, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano and UdR-INSTM, Via C. Golgi 19, I-20133, Milano, Italy
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- Centre for Functional Materials, Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, Tamilnadu, India
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Karthika C, Das P, Samuelson A. Electro-switching of first hyperpolarizability of metallorganic complexes via ligand reduction/oxidation. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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