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Enhanced second-harmonic generation response in a chiral lead iodide induced by amino acid coordination

Juan Cheng,a   Gangji Yi,a   Qinglan Zhong,a   Ling Huang, ORCID logo b   Hongmei Zeng,*a   Guohong Zou ORCID logo a  and  Zhien Lin ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
E-mail: zenghongmei@scu.edu.cn, zhienlin@scu.edu.cn

b College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, P. R. China

Abstract

A chiral organic–inorganic hybrid lead iodide (L-pro)2PbI2 was synthesized using L-proline as a terminal ligand. This material exhibits a strong second-harmonic generation response of 4.0 times that of KH2PO4, which originates from distorted PbI4O2 octahedra.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced second-harmonic generation response in a chiral lead iodide induced by amino acid coordination

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC04132E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jul 2025
Accepted
05 Sep 2025
First published
08 Sep 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Enhanced second-harmonic generation response in a chiral lead iodide induced by amino acid coordination

J. Cheng, G. Yi, Q. Zhong, L. Huang, H. Zeng, G. Zou and Z. Lin, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04132E

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