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A Homoatomic Heteroleptic Coordination Strategy for Exceptional Infrared Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties in
Yumiao Niu1, Yan Xiao1, Yidan Chen1
1College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China.
Abstract:
The disulfide dianion [S2]2-, as an important structural motif in sulfides, can incorporate isolated S2- to form homoatomic heteroleptic polyhedra [MSx(S2)y]. However, the sulfides that contain [MSx(S2)y] units have been rarely reported and have not been systematically investigated as infrared (IR) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. It is verified in this work that the homoatomic heteroleptic coordination strategy enhances local structural asymmetry, leading to improved optical anisotropy and NLO performance. Three compounds, namely, ANb2PS10(A = K,Rb,Cs), were identified and prepared. They exhibit a large phase-matchable second-harmonic generation (SHG) response, with KNb2PS10, RbNb2PS10, and CsNb2PS10 showing the effects of 1.5, 2.2, and 1.8 (×AgGaS2@2090 nm), respectively, and large birefringence (Δn = 0.39@546 nm) with KNb2PS10 as a representative. The first-principles calculations indicate that [Nb2S4(S2)4]8- units play a dominant role in inducing strong SHG responses and large birefringence. By validating the homoatomic heteroleptic coordination strategy, this work opens avenues for the design of advanced optical materials.
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