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Synthesis, growth, thermal, optical and mechanical studies on 2-amino-6-methylpyridinium 4-hydroxybenzoate

A novel organic nonlinear optical material

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The novel organic nonlinear optical single crystals of 2-amino-6-methylpyridinium 4-hydroxybenzoate (2A6MP4HB) were grown from methanol solvent using isothermal solvent evaporation technique. The 2A6MP4HB was found to crystallize in monoclinic system with centrosymmetric space group P21/c. The microanalyses confirmed the stoichiometric compositions of 2A6MP4HB. The thermal stability and decomposition of newly identified 2A6MP4HB have been explored by thermogravimetric/differential thermal analysis and differential scanning calorimetric analysis. The temperature dependence specific heat capacity of title compound has been analysed through modulated differential calorimetric analysis (MDSC). The MDSC study suggested that 2A6MP4HB could possess high optical damage threshold, which is an essential requirements for optical devices. The UV–Vis–NIR spectral study indicates that newly obtained 2A6MP4HB single crystal has the transparency window 350–1100 nm, which is useful for optoelectronic applications. From Z-scan technique, the nonlinear refractive index, nonlinear absorption coefficient and third-order nonlinear susceptibility of newly designed 2A6MP4HB single crystal are found to be −5.6166 × 10−12 cm2 W−1, 5.0887 × 10−6 cm W−1 and 8.3551 × 10−10 esu, respectively. The room temperature mechanical behaviours of 2A6MP4HB have been tested using Vickers microhardness tester, and the results showed that the title compound belongs to soft material category. All these studies have been performed for the first time and aimed to explore the useful and safe region of thermal, optical and mechanical properties to enhance its usefulness for device fabrications.

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The authors are grateful to Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India, for their financial support through the Grant SR/S2/CMP–0028/2011, Dt. 1–12–2011. The authors are thankful to Dr. D. Sastikumar, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NITT), for extending the facility to carry out Z-scan studies.

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Kannan, V., Brahadeeswaran, S. Synthesis, growth, thermal, optical and mechanical studies on 2-amino-6-methylpyridinium 4-hydroxybenzoate. J Therm Anal Calorim 124, 889–898 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-5174-z

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