Abstract
We report on the influence of molecular chemical structure on second harmonic activity in several homologous series of self-assembling short chain polymers containing both molecularly rigid and flexible segments and known to form supramolecular nanostructures. The second-order nonlinear optical susceptibility and physical structure of films formed by these molecules were investigated by second harmonic generation experiments and small-angle X-ray scattering. It was observed that all series of molecules formed polar films with a layered structure by self-assembly. The nonlinear susceptibilities were found to increase with the ratio of first hyperpolarizability to layer period in the Self-assembled films, further suggesting spontaneous polar order in these layers of supramolecular structures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2560-2565 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Macromolecules |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 26 2002 |
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Chemical structure and nonlinear optical properties of polar self-assembling films. / Li, Leiming; Zubarev, Eugene R.; Acker, Brad A.; Stupp, Samuel I.
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T1 - Chemical structure and nonlinear optical properties of polar self-assembling films
AU - Li, Leiming
AU - Zubarev, Eugene R.
AU - Acker, Brad A.
AU - Stupp, Samuel I
PY - 2002/3/26
Y1 - 2002/3/26
N2 - We report on the influence of molecular chemical structure on second harmonic activity in several homologous series of self-assembling short chain polymers containing both molecularly rigid and flexible segments and known to form supramolecular nanostructures. The second-order nonlinear optical susceptibility and physical structure of films formed by these molecules were investigated by second harmonic generation experiments and small-angle X-ray scattering. It was observed that all series of molecules formed polar films with a layered structure by self-assembly. The nonlinear susceptibilities were found to increase with the ratio of first hyperpolarizability to layer period in the Self-assembled films, further suggesting spontaneous polar order in these layers of supramolecular structures.
AB - We report on the influence of molecular chemical structure on second harmonic activity in several homologous series of self-assembling short chain polymers containing both molecularly rigid and flexible segments and known to form supramolecular nanostructures. The second-order nonlinear optical susceptibility and physical structure of films formed by these molecules were investigated by second harmonic generation experiments and small-angle X-ray scattering. It was observed that all series of molecules formed polar films with a layered structure by self-assembly. The nonlinear susceptibilities were found to increase with the ratio of first hyperpolarizability to layer period in the Self-assembled films, further suggesting spontaneous polar order in these layers of supramolecular structures.
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DO - 10.1021/ma010793p
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VL - 35
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JO - Macromolecules
JF - Macromolecules
SN - 0024-9297
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