Issue 2, 2016

An organic–inorganic hybrid co-crystal complex as a high-performance solid-state nonlinear optical switch

Abstract

Solid-state nonlinear optical (NLO) switches have attracted great interest, while high performance solid-state nonlinear optical (NLO) switches still remain scarce. Herein, we firstly present a high-performance solid-state NLO switch based on an organic–inorganic hybrid co-crystal complex, [H2dabcoCl2][FeCl3(H2O)3] (1, dabco = 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane). It is found that 1 exhibits a moderately large NLO response of ∼0.31 pm V−1, a superior switching contrast (∼25) and a highly tunable repeatability, which may guarantee its potential device applications. In addition, microscopic crystal structural analyses reveal that its NLO switching is attributed to the order–disorder transformation of the dabco cation, cooperating with the reorientational displacement of the inorganic [FeCl3(H2O)3] component. Owing to the broader designability of organic–inorganic hybrids, this work opens up an attractive approach for exploring new high-performance NLO switches.

Graphical abstract: An organic–inorganic hybrid co-crystal complex as a high-performance solid-state nonlinear optical switch

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Oct 2015
Accepted
29 Nov 2015
First published
01 Dec 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 266-271

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An organic–inorganic hybrid co-crystal complex as a high-performance solid-state nonlinear optical switch

T. Chen, Z. Sun, S. Zhao, C. Ji and J. Luo, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 266 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC03278D

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