Redox-Switching of Nonlinear Optical Behavior in Langmuir-Blodgett Thin Films Containing a Ruthenium(II) Ammine Complex

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J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (11), 3286 -3287, 2008. 10.1021/ja711170q S0002-7863(71)01170-3
Web Release Date: February 26, 2008

Redox-Switching of Nonlinear Optical Behavior in Langmuir-Blodgett Thin Films Containing a Ruthenium(II) Ammine Complex

Leïla Boubekeur-Lecaque, Benjamin J. Coe,* Koen Clays, Stijn Foerier, Thierry Verbiest, and Inge Asselberghs

School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K. and Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

b.coe@manchester.ac.uk

Received December 17, 2007

Abstract:

Alternating Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers containing a metal-to-ligand charge-transfer chromophore based on {Ru^II(NH₃)₅}²⁺ show redox-switching of the second harmonic generation from a 1064 nm laser.

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