Fused perylenebisimide–carbazole: new ladder chromophores with enhanced third-order nonlinear optical activities

Yang Yang, Yaochuan Wang, Yuanpeng Xie, Tao Xiong, Zhongyi Yuan, Youdi Zhang, Shixiong Qian, Yi Xiao

Chemical Communications · 2011 · 51 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

A series of ladder chromophores featuring planar structures of fused perylenebisimide and carbazole have been efficiently synthesized via photocyclization under sun light. Compared to N,N'-bis(3-pentyl) perylenebisimide (PBI-1), they show remarkably enhanced nonlinear properties.

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