Journal article

Activation and amplification of the third-order NLO and luminescent responses of a precursor cluster by a supramolecular approach

X Chen, HX Li, ZY Zhang, W Zhao, JP Lang, BF Abrahams

Chemical Communications | Published : 2012

Abstract

Solvothermal reactions of [Et4N][Tp*WS3(CuCl)3] (1) (Tp* = hydridotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)borate) with CuCN and KCu(CN)2 afforded two [Tp*WS3Cu3]-based coordination polymers [Tp*WS3Cu3(μ3-DMF)(Cu(CN)3)]2 (2) and K[Tp*WS3Cu3(μ3-DMF)(Cu2(CN)4.5)]2 (3). The third-order NLO and PL responses of 1 were activated and greatly amplified through its assembly via the [Cu(CN)3]2− and [Cu4(CN)9]5− species in 2 and 3. © 2012 Royal Society of Chemistry.

University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China


Awarded by State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry


Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (90922018 and 21171124), the State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry (201201006), the Qin-Lan and the "333'' Projects of Jiangsu Province, the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the "SooChow Scholar'' Program.