The odd electron density is the guide toward achieving organic molecules with gigantic third-order nonlinear optical responses

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 3338-3342

  Yoneda, Kyohei ^a   Nakano, Masayoshi ^a   Fukuda, Kotaro ^a   Champagne, Benoît ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED SHELLS; DENSITY AMPLITUDE; DIRADICALS; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANOFLAKES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL RESPONSE; OPEN-SHELL; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC MOLECULES; SECOND HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; THIRD-ORDER; ZIGZAG EDGES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; GRAPHENE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84869443849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301573j     Document Type: Article

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