Recent advances and future perspectives on rare-earth-based nonlinear optical materials with π-conjugated [XO3](X= B, C, N) units

B Zhang, MY Ran, XT Wu, H Lin, QL Zhu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals serve as the pivotal core materials for laser frequency
conversion and play an indispensable role in various areas such as information technology …

Computer‐Aided Development of New Nonlinear Optical Materials

H Wang, M Mutailipu, Z Yang, S Pan… - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Exploring new nonlinear optical (NLO) materials is an urgent need for advanced
photoelectric technologies. However, the discovery of new materials with targeted properties …

Stereochemically Active Lone-Pair Containing Metal Substitution in Polar Axis toward a Giant Phase-Matchable Optical Nonlinear Silicate Crystal Li3(OH)PbSiO4

Y Yang, Y **ao, B Li, YG Chen, P Guo… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Atoms in special lattice sites can play a crucial role in realizing materials properties, which is
long pursued but difficult to control. Herein, by adopting a stereochemically active lone-pair …

Zn2HgP2S8: A Wide Bandgap Hg‐Based Infrared Nonlinear Optical Material with Large Second‐Harmonic Generation Response

Y Chu, H Wang, T Abutukadi, Z Li, M Mutailipu, X Su… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hg‐based chalcogenides, as good candidates for the exploration of high‐performance
infrared (IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials, usually exhibit strong NLO effects, but narrow …

Quadruple‐Bidentate Nitrate‐Ligated A2Hg(NO3)4 (A=K, Rb): Strong Second‐Harmonic Generation and Sufficient Birefringence

L Qi, X Jiang, K Duanmu, C Wu, Z Lin… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The design of efficient nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals continues to pose significant
challenges due to the difficulty of assembling polar NLO‐active modules in an optimal …

Hg4(Te2O5)(SO4): A Giant Birefringent Sulfate Crystal Triggered by a Highly Selective Cation

PF Li, CL Hu, YF Li, JG Mao, F Kong - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Sulfate crystals are often criticized for their low birefringence. The small anisotropic SO4
group is becoming the biggest bottleneck hindering the application of sulfates in optical …

Ultrashort Phase‐Matching Wavelength and Strong Second‐Harmonic Generation in Deep‐UV‐Transparent Oxyfluorides by Covalency Reduction

Y Hu, C Wu, X Jiang, K Duanmu, Z Huang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of urgently‐needed ultraviolet (UV)/deep‐UV nonlinear optical (NLO)
materials has been hindered by contradictory requirements of the microstructure, in …

Beyond π–π Stacking: Understanding Inversion Symmetry Breaking in Crystalline Racemates

Y Wang, ML Nisbet, KR Kamp, E Hiralal… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The design of noncentrosymmetric (NCS) solid state materials, specifically how to break
inversion symmetry between enantiomers, has intrigued chemists, physicists, and materials …

Ultraviolet crystal with strong optical nonlinearity by creating halogen-centered secondary building blocks

X Shi, A Tudi, M Gai, Z Yang, S Han… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Designing new ultraviolet nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals with strong second-harmonic
generation (SHG) response and a deep ultraviolet cutoff edge is an unremitting pursuit of …

Halide-driven polarity tuning and optimized SHG-bandgap balance in (C 4 H 11 N 2) ZnX 3 (X= Cl, Br, I)

J Chen, HY Wu, MB Xu, MC Wang, QQ Chen… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In the quest for organic–inorganic metal halides (OIMHs) that harmoniously combine large
second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency with broad bandgaps, our study introduces a …