Zinc-induced switching of the nonlinear optical properties of a functionalized bis(styryl)benzene

Graziano Fabbrini; Enzo Menna; Michele Maggini; Alessandro Canazza; Gabriele Marcolongo; Moreno Meneghetti

doi:10.1021/ja049204w

Zinc-induced switching of the nonlinear optical properties of a functionalized bis(styryl)benzene

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 May 26;126(20):6238-9. doi: 10.1021/ja049204w.

Authors

Graziano Fabbrini¹, Enzo Menna, Michele Maggini, Alessandro Canazza, Gabriele Marcolongo, Moreno Meneghetti

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche and ITM-CNR, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo, 1 I-35131 Padova, Italy.

PMID: 15149214
DOI: 10.1021/ja049204w

Abstract

A large variation of the nonlinear transmission properties of a cyclen-based bis(styryl)benzene can be induced by a small change of the linear absorption spectrum upon Zn2+ binding. This result has been interpreted in the frame of a sequential two-photon process in which one photon is absorbed from the ground state and one photon is absorbed from an excited state.