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Investigation of NLO Properties of Fluorescent BORICO Dyes: a Comprehensive Experimental and Theoretical Approach

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BORICO dyes with N, N-diethyl as a strong donor and BF2 complexed iminocoumarin six member core as strong acceptor are investigated as an efficient non linear optical chromophores. Extended π-conjugation over iminocoumarin moiety is useful to make ICT character of BORICO dyes more significant and is established on the scale of Generalised Mulliken Hush analysis scale. Bond length alternation and bond order alternation values for three BORICO chromophores estimates the cyanine like framework for optimal non linear optical response. The frontier molecular orbital diagrams obtained from density functional theory calculations shows that there is charge transfer from donor to accepter as well as effective overlap between them making the basis for optimal NLO response of BORICO chromophores. The theoretical values of linear and non linear optical responses for three BORICO NLOphores obtained by using three different functionals B3LYP, CAMB3LYP and BHandHLYP with 6-311+g(d,p) basis set are quite consistent for the values of static dipole moment (μ), linear polarizability (α) and first hyperpolarizability (β). However in case of the γ values calculation, compare to the similar values obtained by CAMB3LYP and BHandHLYP functionals, B3LYP overestimates the same. The vibrational motions play decisive role in the overall non linear optical properties of BORICO chromophores.

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Author Yogesh Erande gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the UGC, New Delhi, Govt. of India for SRF fellowship, file number F.4-1/2006(BSR)/8-10/2007(BSR).

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Erande, Y., Warde, U. & Sekar, N. Investigation of NLO Properties of Fluorescent BORICO Dyes: a Comprehensive Experimental and Theoretical Approach. J Fluoresc 27, 2253–2262 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-017-2167-2

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