Structural, Nonlinear Absorption, and Optical Limiting Properties of a New Organic Crystal 3-(3-fluorophenyl)-1-[4-(methylsulfanyl) phenyl] prop-2-en-1-one

• Published in: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Vol. 609; no. 1; pp. 192 - 204
• Main Authors: Raghavendra, S., Dileep, C. S., Dharmaprakash, S. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 04-03-2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: chalcones; Characterization; Chemical synthesis; Constraining; crystal growth; Crystal structure; Crystallography; Differential scanning calorimetry; Fourier transforms; Infrared spectroscopy; NMR spectroscopy; nonlinear optical material; Nonlinearity; Optical properties; Organic crystals; Phenyls; Spectrum analysis; Temperature effects
• ISSN: 1542-1406; 1563-5287; 1527-1943
• DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2014.954323

This paper deals with the studies on synthesis, characterization, nonlinear absorption, and optical-limiting property of a new organic crystal 3-(3-fluorophenyl)-1-[
4
-(methylsulfanyl) phenyl] prop-2-en-1-one (FMP). Primary characterization of FMP samples were performed using FTIR, UV-Visible, and NMR Spectroscopy techniques. FMP crystallizes in monoclinic system with centrosymmetric space group P2
1
/n. UV-Visible spectrum shows minimum absorption in the entire visible region. From the thermo gravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry, melting point of FMP was found to be 96°C and there was no phase transition below this temperature. Open aperture Z scan experiment of FMP showed a good nonlinear absorption and optical-limiting property.