Molecular engineering of nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses

Hammond, Scott R; Sinness, Jessica; Dubbury, Sara; Firestone, Kimberly A; Benedict, Jason B; Wawrzak, Zdzislaw; Clot, Olivier; Reid, Philip J; Dalton, Larry R

doi:10.1039/C2JM14915J

Title: Molecular engineering of nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses

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The rational design of bulk nanoscale order in organic electro-optic materials, where the strong dipole-dipole interactions tend to dominate over the weaker forces exploited for self-assembly processes, remains an attractive yet elusive goal. Towards this end, a series of pseudo-discotic dipolar nonlinear optical chromophores have been synthesized and fully characterized. Theoretical guidance and an iterative molecular design process have succeeded in engineering long-range nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses. Small-angle thin-film X-ray diffraction experiments demonstrate a self-assembled lamellar morphology in a majority of these materials. Cryogenic crystallography, using a synchrotron X-ray source, afforded the structure of a representative system. This structure, in concert with thin-film X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, UV-vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy, and refractive index experiments elucidated the nanoscale order in the films. Application of these materials in electro-optics is discussed.

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Hammond, Scott R; Sinness, Jessica; Dubbury, Sara; Firestone, Kimberly A; Benedict, Jason B; Wawrzak, Zdzislaw; Clot, Olivier; Reid, Philip J; Dalton, Larry R ^[1]

UWASH

Publication Date:: Thu Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Org.:: OTHERNSFAFR

OSTI Identifier:: 1039438

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: J. Mater. Chem.

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: (14) ; 2012; Journal ID: ISSN 0959-9428

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYOGENICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DESIGN; MORPHOLOGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SOURCES

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                    Hammond, Scott R, Sinness, Jessica, Dubbury, Sara, Firestone, Kimberly A, Benedict, Jason B, Wawrzak, Zdzislaw, Clot, Olivier, Reid, Philip J, and Dalton, Larry R. Molecular engineering of nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
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                    Hammond, Scott R, Sinness, Jessica, Dubbury, Sara, Firestone, Kimberly A, Benedict, Jason B, Wawrzak, Zdzislaw, Clot, Olivier, Reid, Philip J, & Dalton, Larry R. Molecular engineering of nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM14915J

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                    Hammond, Scott R, Sinness, Jessica, Dubbury, Sara, Firestone, Kimberly A, Benedict, Jason B, Wawrzak, Zdzislaw, Clot, Olivier, Reid, Philip J, and Dalton, Larry R. 2012.  
        "Molecular engineering of nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM14915J.

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@article{osti_1039438,

  title        = {Molecular engineering of nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses},

  author       = {Hammond, Scott R and Sinness, Jessica and Dubbury, Sara and Firestone, Kimberly A and Benedict, Jason B and Wawrzak, Zdzislaw and Clot, Olivier and Reid, Philip J and Dalton, Larry R},

  abstractNote = {The rational design of bulk nanoscale order in organic electro-optic materials, where the strong dipole-dipole interactions tend to dominate over the weaker forces exploited for self-assembly processes, remains an attractive yet elusive goal. Towards this end, a series of pseudo-discotic dipolar nonlinear optical chromophores have been synthesized and fully characterized. Theoretical guidance and an iterative molecular design process have succeeded in engineering long-range nanoscale order in organic electro-optic glasses. Small-angle thin-film X-ray diffraction experiments demonstrate a self-assembled lamellar morphology in a majority of these materials. Cryogenic crystallography, using a synchrotron X-ray source, afforded the structure of a representative system. This structure, in concert with thin-film X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, UV-vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy, and refractive index experiments elucidated the nanoscale order in the films. Application of these materials in electro-optics is discussed.},

  doi          = {10.1039/C2JM14915J},

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  journal      = {J. Mater. Chem.},

  issn         = {0959-9428},

  number       = (14) ; 2012,

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2012},

  month        = {Thu Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2012}

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