Effect of Polarity and Structural Design on Molecular Photorefractive Properties of Heteroaromatic‐Based Push–Pull Dyes

G Archetti, A Abbotto… - Chemistry–A European …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A combined experimental (optical and electro‐optical absorption measurements) and
computational (ab initio RHF and DFT) approach has been used to investigate the molecular …

Highly transparent and birefringent chromophores for organic photorefractive materials

R Wortmann, C Glania, P Krämer, K Lukaszuk… - Chemical physics, 1999 - Elsevier
A series of chromophores for application in organic photorefractive (PR) materials is
investigated by electro-optical absorption measurements (EOAM). This experimental …

Chromophore design for photorefractive organic materials

F Würthner, R Wortmann, K Meerholz - ChemPhysChem, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
During the last years, significant progress has been achieved in understanding the
mechanism of the photorefractive effect in amorphous organic materials. New chromophores …

The synthesis, electrochemical and theoretical nonlinear optical properties of push–pull chromophores for photorefractive composites

IK Moon, N Kim - Dyes and Pigments, 2009 - Elsevier
Four chromophores, of different dipole moment and polarizable anisotropy and which
comprised conjugation bridges of both benzene and polyene with strong electron-donor and …

Figures of merit of push–pull molecules in photorefractive polymers

M Barzoukas, M Blanchard-Desce - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
Push–pull molecules are the most widely used nonlinear optical chromophores incorporated
in polymers to generate photorefractivity. They are at the origin of the Pockels and the Kerr …

Photorefractive properties of bifunctional N-arylated carbazole derivatives in a carbazole polymer host matrix

M Schaerlaekens, E Hendrickx, A Hameurlaine… - Chemical Physics, 2002 - Elsevier
We report on the synthesis and the molecular properties of new N-arylated carbazole
derivatives that are used as bifunctional chromophores in photorefractive (PR) polymer …

The effect of the molecular structure of the chromophore on the photorefractive properties of the polymer systems with low glass transition temperatures

H Chun, IK Moon, DH Shin, S Song… - Journal of Materials …, 2002 - pubs.rsc.org
Seven chromophores with different dipole moments and polarizability anisotropies were
synthesized by varying conjugation bridges, such as polyene, thiophene, indole, and …

Design of optimized photorefractive polymers: a novel class of chromophores

R Wortmann, C Poga, RJ Twieg, C Geletneky… - The Journal of …, 1996 - pubs.aip.org
It is demonstrated that the microscopic mechanism of the photorefractive (PR) effect in
organic composites with low glass transition temperatures involves the formation of …

Permanently poled fully functionalized photorefractive polyesters

S Schloter, U Hofmann, K Hoechstetter, G Bäuml… - JOSA B, 1998 - opg.optica.org
Crystallization and phase separation are severe degradation mechanisms of photorefractive
(PR) guest–host systems. Additionally, the response time of PR guest–host systems is in …

ATOP dyes. Optimization of a multifunctional merocyanine chromophore for high refractive index modulation in photorefractive materials

F Würthner, S Yao, J Schilling… - Journal of the …, 2001 - ACS Publications
This paper reports synthesis, characterization and structural optimization of a mino-t hienyl-
di o xocyano-p yridine (ATOP) chromophores toward a multifunctional amorphous material …