Fy. Li et al., Photoelectric conversion and second-order optical nonlinearity of Langmuir-Blodgett films of a novel dipolar two-dimensional material, J MAT CHEM, 10(6), 2000, pp. 1287-1290
A dipolar two-dimensional multifunctional (D-pi)(3)-A dye molecule, 2,4,6-t
ris(4-octadecyloxystyryl)pyrylium tetrafluoroborate (OP3) was synthesized.
The dye molecule was successfully transferred onto an ITO electrode or quar
tz by LB techniques. The second-harmonic generation (SHG) and photoelectric
conversion (PEC) properties of monolayers of this "umbrella-molecule" were
studied under 10 mN m(-1) and 30 mN m(-1) surface pressure. The different
tilt angles of the "umbrella-molecules" result in the difference in SHG and
PEC properties. Both SHG and PEC properties of OP3 obtained under 30 mN m(
-1) are better than those obtained under 10 mN m(-1).