Donor-acceptor-substituted phenylethenyl bithiophenes: Highly efficient and stable nonlinear optical chromophores

Organic Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1847-1849

  Cai, Chengzhi ^a,b   Liakatas, Ilias ^a   Wong, Man Shing ^a,c   Bösch, Martin ^a   Bosshard, Christian ^a   Günter, Peter ^a   Concilio, Simona ^a,d   Tirelli, Nicola ^a   Suter, Ulrich W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 0001524171     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol991118r     Document Type: Article

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