Synthesis and characterization of sterically stabilized second-order nonlinear optical chromophores

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1966-1968

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Ren, Albert S ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Zhu, Jingsong ^a   Dalton, Larry R ^a   Woodford, J N ^b   Wang, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0001173063     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm9902321     Document Type: Article

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