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Synthesis, structure and nonlinear optical properties of two novel two-photon absorption chromophores

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Two triphenylamine-based derivatives that can be used as two-photon absorption chromophore, tris{4-[4-(3-trifluoromethyl-3-oxopanoyl)]phenyl}amine (1) and tris{4-[4-(3-phenyl-3-oxopanoyl)] phenyl} amine (2) were successfully synthesized and fully characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H NMR and MS. The single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the molecules possess D-(π-A)3 structures. One-and two-photon absorption and fluorescence in various solvents were experimentally investigated. A data recording experiment proved the potential application of these chromophores.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory Functional Inorganic Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei, 230039, China

    LeHua Cheng, Lin Li, PingPing Sun, HongPing Zhou & YuPeng Tian

  2. Department of Chemistry, Chaohu College, Chaohu, 238000, China

    LeHua Cheng

  3. Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    YuPeng Tian & HuoHong Tang

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50532030, 20771001 & 50703001), the Team for Scientific Innovation Foundation of Anhui Province (Grant No. 2006KJ007TD), the Education Committee of Anhui Province (Grant No. KJ2007B089), and Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Cultivation Fund of Anhui University (Grant No. 20072004)

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Cheng, L., Li, L., Sun, P. et al. Synthesis, structure and nonlinear optical properties of two novel two-photon absorption chromophores. Sci. China Ser. B-Chem. 52, 529–534 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-009-0026-y

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