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American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 33(117), p. 17186-17195, 2013

DOI: 10.1021/jp405424q

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Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Photoresponsive [60]Fullerene Hybrid Triads and Tetrads with Dual NIR Two-Photon Absorption Characteristics

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Abstract

Two C60-(antenna)x analogous compounds having branched hybrid triad C60(>DPAF-C18)(>CPAF-C2M) and tetrad C60(>DPAF-C18)(>CPAF-C2M)2 nanostructures were synthesized and characterized. The structural design was intended to facilitate the ultrafast fs intramolecular energy-transfer from photoexcited C60[>(1)(DPAF)*-C18](>CPAF-C2M)1or2 or C60(>DPAF-C18)[>(1)(CPAF)*-C2M]1or2 to the C60> cage moiety upon two-photon pumping at either 780 or 980 nm, respectively. The latter nanostructure showed approximately equal extinction coefficients of optical absorption over 400-550 nm that corresponds to near-IR two-photon based excitation wavelengths at 780-1100 nm for broadband nonlinear optical (NLO) applications. Aside from their enhanced two-photon absorption (2PA) activity at 780 nm, we also demonstrated ultrafast photo-responses at 980 nm showing 2PA cross-section (σ 2) values of 995-1100 GM for the hybrid tetrad. These σ 2 values were correlated to the observed good efficiency in reducing fs light-transmittance down to 35% at the light intensity of 110 GW/cm(2). Accordingly, 2PA characteristics of these nanostructures at multiple NIR wavelengths provided support for their suitability in uses as broadband NLO nanomaterials at 600-1100 nm that includes the 2PA ability of two antenna, DPAF (700-850 nm) and CPAF (850-1100 nm), and the fullerene cage at shorter wavelengths (600-700 nm).