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Synthesis and Optical Limiting Characterization of a Porphyrin-Buckminsterfullerene Dyad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Kenneth J. McEwan ,
Keith L. Lewis ,
How-Ghee Ang ,
Zhi-Heng Loh ,
Leng-Leng Chng  and
Yiew-Wang Lee
Kenneth J. McEwan
Affiliation:
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 3PS, United Kingdom
Keith L. Lewis
Affiliation:
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 3PS, United Kingdom
How-Ghee Ang
Affiliation:
DSO National Laboratories, 20 Science Park Drive, Singapore, 118230
Zhi-Heng Loh
Affiliation:
DSO National Laboratories, 20 Science Park Drive, Singapore, 118230
Leng-Leng Chng
Affiliation:
DSO National Laboratories, 20 Science Park Drive, Singapore, 118230
Yiew-Wang Lee
Affiliation:
DSO National Laboratories, 20 Science Park Drive, Singapore, 118230
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Abstract

The optical limiting performances of donor-buckminsterfullerene (C60) dyads have hitherto been unreported. The predicted large excited state absorption cross-section of such dyads in their charge-separated states would enable them to exhibit enhanced optical limiting relative to their individual components. We report herein the synthesis and optical limiting characterization of a novel porphyrin-buckminsterfullerene dyad, in which the porphyrin and C60 moieties are held within close proximity of one another by an o-phenylene bridge. The porphyrin-C60 dyad was synthesized via 1,3-dipolar azomethine ylide cycloaddition, and was obtained in 37.0% yield. Optical limiting measurements at 532 nm using 3-ns pulses show that the limiting performance of the dyad is poorer compared to its model compounds. Possible reasons for the worsened performance of the dyad will be discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 561: Symposium F – Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials and Devices , 1999 , 81
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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