RbPbPS4: a promising IR nonlinear optical material achieved by lone-pair-cation-substitution-induced structure transformation

A-Yang Wang, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Mao-Yin Ran, Bingxuan Li, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 3744
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An overview of Mg-based IR nonlinear optical materials

Jia-Xiang Zhang, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 5244
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A unique [Sb6O2S13]12−finite chain in oxychalcogenide Ba6Sb6O2S13leading to ultra-low thermal conductivity and giant birefringence

Yong-Fang Shi, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Peng-Fei Liu, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 4425
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Dramatically improved optical anisotropy by realizing stereochemically active lone pairs in a sulfate system, K2SO4·HIO3

Zhiyong Bai and Kang Min Ok

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 1919
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Polarization-dependent second harmonic generation in peptide crystals: effects of molecular packing

Sujay Kumar Nandi, Samrat Roy, Bipul Pal and Debasish Haldar

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 5849
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A new infrared nonlinear optical material BaZnGeS4 with a wide band gap and large nonlinear optical response

Hongshan Wang, Xueting Pan, Wang Zhao, Yu Chu and Junjie Li

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 6253
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Multi-step cation substitution facilitating the exploration of potential infrared nonlinear optical materials

Ya-Xiang Han, Chun-Li Hu, Wen-Tong Chen and Jiang-Gao Mao

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11, 5905
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A high-performance IR nonlinear optical material Sr3MnGe2S8 achieved via partial cation substitution-induced structural transformation

A-Lan Xu, Mao-Yin Ran, Zuju Ma, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 963
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LaAeAl3S7(Ae = Ca, Sr): Cairo pentagonal layered thioaluminates achieving a good balance between a strong second harmonic generation response and a wide bandgap

Jingjing Xu, Kui Wu, Bingbing Zhang, Haohai Yu and Huaijin Zhang

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 2045
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The first polyanion-substitution-driven centrosymmetric-to-noncentrosymmetric structural transformation realizing an excellent nonlinear optical supramolecule [Cd4P2][CdBr4]

Zhi-Xin Qiu, Zhe-Xiong Zheng, Xiao-Ming Jiang, Bin-Wen Liu and Guo-Cong Guo

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 13568
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Exploring new horizons in mid-to-far infrared nonlinear optical crystals: the significant potential of trigonal pyramidal [TeS3]2− functional units

Bo Zhang, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Bing-Xuan Li, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 3218
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Structural strategy for advancing nonlinear optical effects in 1D-[MX2]∞ chains: internal distortion and atomic types

Chaoyi Zhu

RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 16886
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Interesting dimensional transition through changing cations as the trigger in multinary thioarsenates displaying variable photocurrent response and optical anisotropy

Chao Zhang, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Yu Xiao, Hua Lin and Yi Liu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 5820
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Melilite oxychalcogenide Sr2FeGe2OS6: a phase-matching IR nonlinear optical material realized by isomorphous substitution

He-Di Yang, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 2030
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[Sr4Cl2][Si3S9]: Ultrawide-bandgap salt-inclusion thiosilicate nonlinear optical material with unprecedented tri-polymerized [Si3S9] clusters

Chenyao Zhao, Kui Wu, Yan Xiao, Bingbing Zhang, Haohai Yu and Huaijin Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 4439
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Rare-earth-based chalcogenides and their derivatives: an encouraging IR nonlinear optical material candidate

Ping Feng, Jia-Xiang Zhang, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 5869
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Isovalent cation substitution drives structural transformation and infrared nonlinear optical activity in Eu-based chalcogenides

Ping Feng, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Mao-Yin Ran, Bingxuan Li, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 2648
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Nonlinear Optical Sulfides LiMGa8S14 (M = Rb/Ba, Cs/Ba) Created by Li+ Driven 2D Centrosymmetric to 3D Noncentrosymmetric Transformation

Ming‐Shu Zhang, Bin‐Wen Liu, Xiao‐Ming Jiang and Guo‐Cong Guo

Small, 2023, 19
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Chiral and Polar Duality Design of Heteroanionic Compounds: Sr18Ge9O5S31 Based on [Sr3OGeS3]2+ and [Sr3SGeS3]2+ Groups

Shaoxin Cui, Hongping Wu, Xinkang Dong, Zhanggui Hu, Jiyang Wang, Yicheng Wu, Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier and Hongwei Yu

Advanced Science, 2024, 11
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Recent advances in IR nonlinear optical chalcogenides with well-balanced comprehensive performance

He-Di Yang, Mao-Yin Ran, Wen-Bo Wei, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Materials Today Physics, 2023, 35, 101127
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SrMnGeS4: A Two-Dimensional Layered Chalcogenide with Magnetic Triangular Lattice

Chenyao Zhao, Yanhong Wang, Yun Lv, SeungGyum Jung, Hyun-Joo Koo, Myung-Hwan Whangbo and Hongcheng Lu

Inorg. Chem., 2026, 65, 2150
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Flexible Anionic Groups‐Activated Structure Dissymmetry for Strong Nonlinearity in Ln2Ae3MIV3S12 Family

Jingjing Xu, Yan Xiao, Kui Wu, Bingbing Zhang, Dazhi Lu, Haohai Yu and Huaijin Zhang

Small, 2024, 20
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Emergent Mid‐Infrared Nonlinear Optical Candidates With Targeted Balance Performances

Junben Huang, Ailijiang Abudurusuli, Zhihua Yang and Shilie Pan

Small, 2025, 21
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磷属红外非线性光学晶体带隙调控的可能策略（特邀）

陈金东 Chen Jindong and 叶宁 Ye Ning

Chin. J. Laser, 2025, 52, 1803003
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Ga-based IR nonlinear optical materials: Synthesis, structures, and properties

Jia-Xiang Zhang, Ping Feng, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 502, 215617
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SrZnGeSe4: An Infrared Nonlinear Optical Crystal Material with Wide Transmission Range and Large SHG Response

Xia Wu, Mengjie Ma, Huilin Yin, Shuchang Wu, Hang Zhang, Kuixian Cai, Xiaoming Jiang and Dajiang Mei

Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 19939
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LnLiSiS4 (Ln = La and Ce): Promising infrared nonlinear optical materials designed by aliovalent substitution from SrCdSiS4

Ya-Xiang Han, Chun-Li Hu, Bing-Xuan Li and Jiang-Gao Mao

Materials Today Physics, 2023, 31, 100987
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Ca2Ln(BS3)(SiS4) (Ln = La, Ce, and Gd): Mixed Metal Thioborate‐Thiosilicates as Well‐Performed Infrared Nonlinear Optical Materials

Ya‐Xiang Han, Chun‐Li Hu and Jiang‐Gao Mao

Small, 2024, 20
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Ba4Cd2Ge2Te9: A promising infrared functional crystal with large birefringent and photoluminescence properties

Mengran Sun, Haojian Su, Wenhao Liu and Jiyong Yao

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024, 977, 173348
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Balanced IR Nonlinear Optical Performance Achieved by Cation–Anion Module Cosubstitution in V-Based Salt-Inclusion Oxychalcogenides

Mao-Yin Ran, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Bing-Xuan Li, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Chem. Mater., 2024, 36, 11996
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Realizing Excellent Infrared Nonlinear Optical Performance in Eu-Based Chalcogenides via Rational Cross Substitution Strategy

Ping Feng, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Bing-Xuan Li, Jia-Xiang Zhang, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 52682
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Regulating the key performance parameters for Hg-based IR NLO chalcogenides via bandgap engineering strategy

A-Yang Wang, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35, 109377
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CdY2Si2S8: A Wide Bandgap IR NLO Material with d10 Metal-Induced Structure Transformation from CS to NCS

Hongbo Zhang, Haixia Wang, Aoya He, Jiaze Sun, Jindou Hu and Guangmao Li

Inorg. Chem., 2026, 65, 7115
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Advances in Solid-State Nonlinear Optical Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications

Hafiz Zohaib Aslam, Joseph T. Doane, Michael T. Yeung and Georgiy Akopov

ACS Appl. Opt. Mater., 2023, 1, 1898
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Nonbonding Electron Inversion‐Driven Structural Engineering: Synergistic Enhancement of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties

Jia‐Xiang Zhang, Sheng‐Hua Zhou, Xin‐Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi‐Long Zhu

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2025, 64
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Cs4Zn5P6S18I2: the Largest Birefringence in Chalcohalide Achieved by Highly Polarizable Nonlinear Optical Functional Motifs

Xian‐Dan Chai, Ming‐Ze Li, Shu‐Juan Lin, Wen‐Fa Chen, Xiao‐Ming Jiang, Bin‐Wen Liu and Guo‐Cong Guo

Small, 2023, 19
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Recent progress in the design of IR nonlinear optical materials by partial chemical substitution: Structural evolution and performance optimization

Mao-Yin Ran, A-Yang Wang, Wen-Bo Wei, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023, 481, 215059
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ABCQ4型硫属化物红外非线性光学材料的构效关系（特邀）

王硕 Wang Shuo, 张成龙 Zhang Chenglong, 黄君本 Huang Junben, 艾力江·阿卜杜如苏力 Abudurusuli Ailijiang and 吐沙姑·阿不都吾甫 Abudouwufu Tushagu

Chin. J. Laser, 2026, 53, 0703015
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ACd4Ga5Te12 (A = K, Rb, Cs): Tellurides with a Strong Nonlinear Optical Response and Purple Emission

Mengran Sun, Wenhao Xing, Shyong K. Chen, Chunxiao Li, Wenhao Liu, Ming-Hsien Lee and Jiyong Yao

Chem. Mater., 2023, 35, 7218
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Old tree blossoms anew: Research progress on the structures and optical properties of ultraviolet selenites

Peng-Fei Li, Chun-Li Hu, Jiang-Gao Mao and Fang Kong

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 517, 216000
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Na3SiS3F: A Wide Bandgap Fluorothiosilicate with Unique [SiS3F] Unit and High Laser‐Induced Damage Threshold

Jiazheng Zhou, Linan Wang, Yu Chu, Hongshan Wang, Shilie Pan and Junjie Li

Advanced Optical Materials, 2023, 11
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Double alkaline earth metals sulfide SrMgGeS4 with high laser-induced damage threshold and strong second-harmonic generation

Hongshan Wang, Yu Chu, Xueting Pan, Zhihua Yang, Shilie Pan and Junjie Li

Materials Today Physics, 2023, 38, 101243
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Recent advances and future perspectives on rare-earth-based nonlinear optical materials with π-conjugated [XO3] (X = B, C, N) units

Bo Zhang, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024, 517, 216053
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Ag2GeS3: A Diamond‐Like Chalcogenide as an IR Nonlinear Optical Material with Outstanding Second‐Harmonic Generation Response

Hong Chen, Mao‐Yin Ran, Sheng‐Hua Zhou, Xin‐Tao Wu and Hua Lin

Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 12
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The first Hg-based oxychalcogenide Sr2HgGe2OS6: Achieving balanced IR nonlinear optical properties through synergistic cation and anion substitution

Mao-Yin Ran, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Materials Today Physics, 2024, 44, 101442
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Simple yet extraordinary: Super-polyhedra-built 3D chalcogenide framework of Cs5Ga9S16 with excellent infrared nonlinear optical performance

Hong Chen, Mao-Yin Ran, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023, 34, 107838
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Nonbonding Electron Inversion‐Driven Structural Engineering: Synergistic Enhancement of Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties

Jia‐Xiang Zhang, Sheng‐Hua Zhou, Xin‐Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi‐Long Zhu

Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137
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SrZnSiS4: Shattering the 4.0 eV Threshold toward Dual-Optimized Bandgap and Second-Harmonic Generation

Huilin Yin, Xia Wu, Shuchang Wu, Changsheng Sun, Chengxiao Wang, Jiaman Sun, Yang Liu, Xiaoming Jiang, Ximeng Lv and Dajiang Mei

Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 18074
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Three-in-One Tetrahedral Functional Units Constructing Diamondlike Ag2In2SiS3.06Se2.94 with High-Performance Nonlinear-Optical Activity

Jun Li, Wenfeng Zhou, Wen-Dong Yao, Wenlong Liu and Sheng-Ping Guo

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 13179
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Breaking Through the Trade‐Off Between Wide Band Gap and Large SHG Coefficient in Mercury‐Based Chalcogenides for IR Nonlinear Optical Application

Mao‐Yin Ran, Sheng‐Hua Zhou, Wen‐Bo Wei, Bing‐Xuan Li, Xin‐Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi‐Long Zhu

Small, 2024, 20
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From Centrosymmetric Eu2Ga2S5 to Noncentrosymmetric EuMg6Ga6S16 via Introduction of Distorted MgS6 Octahedron: Featuring Wide Bandgap and Nonlinear Optical Activity

Qiu-Yang Du, Wen-Dong Yao, Xu-Bin Ni, Wenfeng Zhou, Wenlong Liu and Sheng-Ping Guo

Inorg. Chem., 2025, 64, 17115
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Oxychalcogenides as Promising Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Candidates: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of AEGeOS2(AE = Sr and Ba)

He-Di Yang, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Mao-Yin Ran, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 15711
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Structure-property relationships in IR nonlinear optical chalcogenides with stereochemically active lone pairs

Hong Chen, Xin-Tao Wu and Hua Lin

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 547, 217123
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BaAl2MS6 (M = Si and Ge): the rational construction of diamond-like structures with ultrawide band gap by group-optimization approach

Puxuan Wang, Deman Kong, Hongping Wu, Zhanggui Hu, Jiyang Wang, Yicheng Wu and Hongwei Yu

Materials Today Chemistry, 2025, 50, 103138
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d6versus d10, Which Is Better for Second Harmonic Generation Susceptibility? A Case Study of K2TGe3Ch8 (T = Fe, Cd; Ch = S, Se)

Bingheng Ji, Fei Wang, Kui Wu, Bingbing Zhang and Jian Wang

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 574
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Ba5Ga2SiO4S6: a Phase-Matching Nonlinear Optical Oxychalcogenide Design via Structural Regulation Originated from Heteroanion Introduction

Yong-Fang Shi, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Bingxuan Li, Yi Liu, Xin-Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi-Long Zhu

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 464
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Research progress and future prospect of chalcogenides with large optical anisotropy

Zhen-Cheng Wu and Sheng-Ping Guo

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025, 542, 216866
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Optimal Design of Mid-Infrared Nonlinear-Optical Crystals: From SrZnSnSe4 to SrZnSiSe4

Mengjie Ma, Junhui Dang, Yuandong Wu, Xiaoming Jiang and Dajiang Mei

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 6549
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SrZnGeSe4: a promising infrared nonlinear optical material with strong second harmonic generation and high laser-induced damage threshold

Hongshan Wang, Ran An, Yinxia Du, Shilie Pan and Junjie Li

Opt. Express, 2025, 33, 18170
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Impact of Sensitizer Yb3+ on Structural and Optical Properties of AE2SiO4 (AE = Ba, Ca, Sr) Orthosilicates

Aastha Sahu, Nand Kumar Shante, Jai Singh, K. Senthil Kannan and R. P. Patel

J Fluoresc, 2024, 35, 7213
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Rational Design of a Rare‐Earth Oxychalcogenide Nd3[Ga3O3S3][Ge2O7] with Superior Infrared Nonlinear Optical Performance

Mao‐Yin Ran, Sheng‐Hua Zhou, Wen‐Bo Wei, Bing‐Xuan Li, Xin‐Tao Wu, Hua Lin and Qi‐Long Zhu

Small, 2023, 19
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