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Self-assembled chromophoric thin film NLO materials. Effect of coupling agent surface functionalization and ion exchange processes on second harmonic generation characteristics

  • Ashok K. Kakkar
  • , Shlomo Yitzchaik
  • , Stephen B. Roscoe
  • , Tobin J. Marks*
  • , Weiping Lin
  • , George K. Wong
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A systematic study of the reaction of 1-chloromethyl-4-(2-trichlorosilylethyl)-benzene (coupling agent) with the surface SiOH groups of glass for times from 15 min to 48 h, followed by stilbazole chromophore precursor deposition/quaternization, is reported. Second harmonic generation characteristics of these thin film materials indicate that a 15 min coupling agent reaction attains approximately 65% of full surface coverage (based on χzzz(2)) of benzylic chloride moieties, but that 24 h is the optimal time for maximum coverage. The surface-anchored chromophoric chloride salts in such materials undergo facile ion exchange with iodide, p-aminobenzenesulphonate, and ethyl orange, leading to enhancements in χzzz(2) of up to 50%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)142-145
Number of pages4
JournalThin Solid Films
Volume242
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Apr 1994
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the NSF-MRL program through the Materials Research Center of North-western University (Grant DMR9120521) and by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Contract 90-0071). A.K.K. thanks NSERC of Canada for a postdoctoral fellowship.

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