Issue 8, 2005
From the journal:

New Journal of Chemistry

Studies of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films of NLO-active amphiphilic 1,3-indanedione derivatives†

Somobrata Acharya,ae   Pnina Krief,a   Vladimir Khodorkovsky,*ab   Zvi Kotler,c   Gerry Berkovic,c   Jacob T. Klugd  and  (the late)Shlomo Efrimaae  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
E-mail: hodor@bgu.ac.il
Fax: +972-8-6472943
Tel: +972-8-6472188

b Groupe de chimie organique et matériaux moléculaires (CNRS UMR 6114) Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille Cedex 9, France
E-mail: khodor@luminy.univ-mrs.fr
Fax: +33-4-91829301
Tel: +33-4-91829322

c Electro-Optics Div., Soreq Nuclear Research Center (NRC), Yavne
E-mail: zvi@soreq.gov.il
Tel: +972-8-9434104

d The Institutes for Applied Research, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva
E-mail: jklug@bgu.ac.il
Tel: +972-8-6461975

e The Ilse Katz Center for Meso and Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
E-mail: acharya@bgu.ac.il
Tel: +972-8-6472173

Abstract

We studied Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) films of several strong nonlinear optical (NLO) active amphiphilic derivatives of 1,3-indanedione-5,6-dicarboxylic acid. The surface pressure–area (π–A) isotherms at the air–water interface were investigated at different temperatures and pH values. Non-centrosymmetric Z-type LB films were deposited. UV–visible spectra indicated a uniform film transfer. The orientation of the molecular transition moments was calculated from the polarized UV–visible spectra. Packing within the LB films was observed by UV–visible absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The morphology of the LB films was examined by AFM and compared to ellipsometric measurements, and the nature of the films was studied by contact angle measurements. Significant second harmonic generation (SHG) by the LB films was observed. Alternate layer Y-type LB films of two different dyes were fabricated to achieve enhanced stability and SHG.

Graphical abstract: Studies of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films of NLO-active amphiphilic 1,3-indanedione derivatives

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B504445F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Mar 2005
Accepted
10 Jun 2005
First published
07 Jul 2005

New J. Chem., 2005,29, 1049-1057

Permissions

Request permissions

Studies of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films of NLO-active amphiphilic 1,3-indanedione derivatives

S. Acharya, P. Krief, V. Khodorkovsky, Z. Kotler, G. Berkovic, J. T. Klug and S. Efrima, New J. Chem., 2005, 29, 1049 DOI: 10.1039/B504445F

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements