Issue 5, 2013

“Push-no-pull” porphyrins for second harmonic generation imaging

Abstract

The established approach to design a molecule with strong second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) activity is to connect an electron-donor to an electron-acceptor via a π-conjugated bridge, to generate push–pull system. Surprisingly, we have found that dyes with large first hyperpolarizabilities, and which exhibit strong second harmonic generation (SHG), can be created just by attaching an electron-donor to a porphyrin. The free-base porphyrin core is sufficiently electron-deficient that the hyperpolarizability does not increase on addition of a pyridinium electron-acceptor.

Graphical abstract: “Push-no-pull” porphyrins for second harmonic generation imaging

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
21 Dec 2012
Accepted
01 Mar 2013
First published
04 Mar 2013

Chem. Sci., 2013,4, 2024-2027

“Push-no-pull” porphyrins for second harmonic generation imaging

I. López-Duarte, J. E. Reeve, J. Pérez-Moreno, I. Boczarow, G. Depotter, J. Fleischhauer, K. Clays and H. L. Anderson, Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 2024 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC22306J

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