Photoswitchable nonlinear optical properties of azobenzene-based supramolecular complexes: insights from density functional theory
Aqsa Nisar, Sobia Tabassum, Khurshid Ayub, Tariq Mahmood, Hamad AlMohamadi, Asim Laeeq Khan, Muhammad Yasin, Rashid Nawaz, Mazhar Amjad Gilani
Abstract
Highly efficient photoswitchable frequency doublers, based on noncovalent interactions between azobenzene and alkoxystilbazole, are explored using DFT calculations.
Topics & Concepts
AzobenzeneNonlinear opticalSupramolecular chemistryDensity functional theoryChemistryNonlinear systemMaterials scienceChemical physicsNanotechnologyComputational chemistryMoleculePhysicsQuantum mechanicsOrganic chemistryNonlinear Optical Materials ResearchPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry