Dioxaborine- and indole-terminated polymethines: Effects of bridge substitution on absorption spectra and third-order polarizabilities

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2160-2168

  Matichak, Jonathan D ^a   Hales, Joel M ^a   Barlow, Stephen ^a   Perry, Joseph W ^a   Marder, Seth R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MAXIMA; ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; CHROMOPHORE DESIGN; DIOXABORINE; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; H NMR SPECTRA; IMAGINARY PARTS; LOW ENERGIES; METHINE; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; POLARIZABILITIES; POLYMETHINE; POSITIVE VALUE; THIRD-ORDER; TWO-STATE;

ABSORPTION; CHROMOPHORES; DYES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79952751290     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp110425r     Document Type: Article

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