Chain flexibility and nonlinear optical properties of conjugated molecules

• Published in: Synthetic metals Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 167 - 169
• Main Authors: Del Zoppo, M., Sugliani, S., Zerbi, G.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 22-10-2001; Amsterdam Elsevier Science; New York, NY
• Subjects: Atomic and molecular physics; Conformational flexibility; Electric and magnetic moments (and derivatives), polarizability and magnetic susceptibility; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Molecular properties and interactions with photons; Nonlinear optics; Optical susceptibility, hyperpolarizability; Optics; Physics; Properties of molecules and molecular ions; Push–pull polyenes; Vibrational hyperpolarizabilities; Push–pull polyenes; Conformational flexibility; Vibrational hyperpolarizabilities; Amines; Conjugated polyenic compound; Unsaturated cyclic compound; Conformational dynamics; Push pull compound; Experimental study; Electric hyperpolarizability; Optical properties; Benzenic compound; Flexible molecule; Vibrational states; Nonlinear optics; Organic compounds; Dinitrile
• ISSN: 0379-6779; 1879-3290
• DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(01)00429-5

The influence of conformational disorder on the nonlinear optical behaviour of push–pull polyenes, is discussed with the help of vibrational spectroscopy. Vibrational molecular hyperpolarizabilities have been evaluated according to the vibrational method.