Laterally azo-bridged H-shaped ferroelectric dimesogens for second-order nonlinear optics: Ferroelectricity and second harmonic generation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 18386-18392

  Zhang, Yongqiang ^a   Martinez Perdiguero, Josu ^b   Baumeister, Ute ^c   Walker, Christopher ^a   Etxebarria, Jesus ^b   Prehm, Marko ^c   Ortega, Josu ^b   Tschierske, Carsten ^c   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^a   Harant, Adam ^a   Handschy, Mark ^a,d  

^a Displaytech Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; CALAMITICS; DISPERSE RED 1; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; H-SHAPED; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SECOND ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICS; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

CHROMOPHORES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FERROELECTRICITY; GROUND STATE; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

AZOBENZENE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENANTIOMER; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 73249150927     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9069166     Document Type: Article

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