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Electric-field induced second harmonic generation responses of push–pull polyenic dyes: experimental and theoretical characterizations

Published on - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Authors: Carmelo Naim, Raphaël Vangheluwe, Isabelle Ledoux-Rak, Benoît Champagne, Claire Tonnelé, Mireille Blanchard-Desce, Eduard Matito, Frédéric Castet

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The second-order nonlinear optical properties of four series of amphiphilic cationic chromophores have been investigated by means of electric field induced second harmonic generation and by combining molecular dynamics and quantum chemical calculations.