Surface enhanced SHG from macrocycle, catenane and rotaxane thin films: Experiments and theory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5724, Issue , 2005, Pages 139-148

  Arfaoui, Imad ^a   Bermudez, Veronika ^b   De Nadai, Celine ^c   Jalkanen, Jukka Pekka ^e   Kajzar, François ^b   Leigh, David ^d   Lubomska, Monika ^a   Mendoza, Sandra M ^a   Niziol, Jacek ^b   Rudolf, Petra ^a   Zerbetto, Francesco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catenanes; Molecular motors; Rotaxanes; Second harmonic generation; Surface effects; X Ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATENANES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; ROTAXANES; SURFACE EFFECTS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 22044452788     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.592379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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