Multi-property materials combining conductivity and second-order optical nonlinearity

We present several new materials made of acceptor units (TCNQ and [Ni(dmit) (2)]) and stilbazolium-based chromophores for second-order optical nonlinea rity. The subtil adjustement in the redox potentials necessary for: (i) mai ntaining the material in a semi-conducting state, to offer a good range of transparency in a broad near-infrared domain; (ii) allowing electronic inte raction, to promote a pathway towards efficient interplays between the prop erties is analyzed The possibility of combining both properties on the same entity with the TTF skeleton is also discussed.