Volume 2018, Issue 20-21 p. 2437-2443
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A Nonlinear Optically Active Bismuth–Camphorate Coordination Polymer

Sérgio M. F. Vilela

Sérgio M. F. Vilela

Advanced Porous Materials Unit (APMU), IMDEA Energy, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, E-28938 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

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Artem A. Babaryk

Artem A. Babaryk

Advanced Porous Materials Unit (APMU), IMDEA Energy, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, E-28938 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

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Rim Jaballi

Rim Jaballi

Laboratory of Physical-Chemistry of Solid State University of Sfax, Faculty of Science of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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Fabrice Salles

Fabrice Salles

Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Faculty of Science of Sfax, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex 05, France

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Marta E. G. Mosquera

Marta E. G. Mosquera

Departamento de Química Orgánica y Química Inorgánica, Faculty of Science of Sfax, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain

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Zakaria Elaoud

Zakaria Elaoud

Laboratory of Physical-Chemistry of Solid State University of Sfax, Faculty of Science of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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Stijn Van Cleuvenbergen

Stijn Van Cleuvenbergen

Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium

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Thierry Verbiest

Thierry Verbiest

Molecular Imaging and Photonics, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium

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Patricia Horcajada

Corresponding Author

Patricia Horcajada

Advanced Porous Materials Unit (APMU), IMDEA Energy, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, E-28938 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

Advanced Porous Materials Unit (APMU), IMDEA Energy, Avda. Ramón de la Sagra 3, E-28938 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain

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First published: 16 April 2018
Citations: 12

Graphical Abstract

A novel Bi–camphorate was prepared by scalable hydrothermal synthesis. Its noncentrosymmetry along with its thermal stability and optical transparency in the visible region make it a promising host material for optical emission purposes.

Abstract

The novel 2D bismuth–camphorate IEF-1, formulated as [Bi(L)(HL)] (where H2L = camphoric acid), has been successfully isolated as large single crystals and easily scaled up by hydrothermal synthesis. The crystalline structure of IEF-1 was unveiled by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, in the monoclinic space group P21, and fully characterized by using several standard solid-state techniques. IEF-1 material is thermally stable up to ca. 240 °C without any visible structural change. In addition, the study of the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of IEF-1 by second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy evidenced that IEF-1 is noncentrosymmetric and has a more intensive blue component that may be explained by the ligand to metal charge transfer behavior.