Molecular engineering of non-centrosymmetric langmuir-blodgett films for NLO applications: Films with interlocking lego-type structures

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1057-1060

  Ashwell, Geoffrey J ^a   Zhou, Dejian ^a   Skjonnemand, Karl ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Langmuir blodgett films; Molecular lego; Secondharmonic generation

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ALKYL GROUPS; INTERLOCKING STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ENGINEERING; NON CENTROSYMMETRIC FILM;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 0034230078     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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