Upon complexation with bismelamine receptors (BM n) featuring different alkyl linker lengths
(number of methylene groups (n)= 5− 12), a barbituric acid merocyanine dye (1) can be …

Polymethine dyes have recently demonstrated promise for all-optical switching applications
at telecommunications wavelengths as they can combine large refractive optical …

A new class of electro-optic chromophores, of which 2-dicyanomethylen-3-cyano-4-{2-[E-(4-
N, N-di (2-acetoxyethyl)-amino)-phenylene-(3, 4-dibutyl) thien-5]-E-vinyl}-5, 5-dimethyl-2, 5 …

This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of self-assembled second-order
nonlinear optical multilayer materials containing the high-hyperpolarizability [(aminophenyl) …

The simultaneous chemical linkage of cyanine dye chromophores with both hydrophobic
and hydrophilic substituents leads to a new type of amphiphilic molecules with the ability of …

Aggregates of quadrupolar DAD-type chromophores are investigated theoretically using the
essential states model (ESM) enhanced to include vibronic coupling. On the basis of …

A series of symmetric derivatives of 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(p-(dimethylamino)
styryl)-4 H-pyran (DCM laser dye) has been synthesized, and the nonlinear optical …

Absorption spectroscopyand second harmonic generation have been used to examine the
effect of systematic dilution on the aggregation of a hemicyanine dye in Langmuir-Blodgett …

An overview of the optical limiting (OL) processes in phthalocyanines and related
compounds is presented, particularly a description of the synthesis and relevant optical …

The charge generation and transport properties of nematic liquid crystals doped with
electron donors and acceptors are shown to be strongly modified by the addition of low …