Nanosecond nonlinear optical limiting properties of new trinuclear lanthanide phthalocyanines in solution and as thin films

Title: Nanosecond nonlinear optical limiting properties of new trinuclear lanthanide phthalocyanines in solution and as thin films
Creator: Sekhosana, Kutloano Edward, Amuhaya, Edith, Nyokong, Tebello
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:7267
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020276
Description: 2,4,6-Tris[3-thio-9,10,16,17,23,24-hexa(4-tertbutylphenoxy) phthalocyaninato ytterbium (III) chloride]-s-triazin (3) and its lutetium counterpart (4) were synthesized. The nonlinear optical behavior of 3 and 4 were characterized in solution and when embedded in polymer as thin films. Thin films of complexes 3 and 4 in poly(bisphenol A carbonate) showed improved nonlinear optical properties when compared to solution. Complex 3 showed a lower threshold for optical limiting intensity (Ilim) than complex 4, and for phthalocyanines in general. Ilim values were even lower in films compared to solutions.
Description: Original publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.08.047
Format: 8 p., pdf
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Relation: Sekhosana, K. E., Amuhaya, E. & Nyokong, T. 2015. Nanosecond nonlinear optical limiting properties of new trinuclear lanthanide phthalocyanines in solution and as thin films. Polyhedron, 85:347–354. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2014.08.047.

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