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Nonlinear Optical Properties of Schiff-Base-Containing Conductive Polymer Films Electro-deposited in Microgravity†

  1. Agostino Pietrangelo,
  2. Bryan C. Sih,
  3. Britta N. Boden,
  4. Zhenwei Wang,
  5. Qifeng Li,
  6. Keng C. Chou*,
  7. Mark J. MacLachlan*,
  8. Michael O. Wolf*

Article first published online: 14 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200702582

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 20, Issue 12, pages 2280–2284, June 18, 2008

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How to Cite

Pietrangelo, A., Sih, B. C., Boden, B. N., Wang, Z., Li, Q., Chou, K. C., MacLachlan, M. J. and Wolf, M. O. (2008), Nonlinear Optical Properties of Schiff-Base-Containing Conductive Polymer Films Electro-deposited in Microgravity. Advanced Materials, 20: 2280–2284. doi: 10.1002/adma.200702582

Author Information

  1. Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 (Canada)

*Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 (Canada.)

  1. †

    Support by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and the Canadian Space Agency is acknowledged. Supporting Information is available from Wiley InterScience or from the authors. Crystallographic data for the structures reported in this paper have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre as supplementary publication no. CCDC-653536 and CCDC-653547. Copies of the data can be obtained free of charge from www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html or from the authors.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 14 MAY 2008
  3. Manuscript Revised: 23 JAN 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 15 OCT 2007

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Keywords:

  • electro-depostion;
  • hybrid materials;
  • nonlinear optics;
  • organometallics;
  • polymers

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Organic–inorganic hybrid films prepared from copper(II)-containing Schiff base complexes bearing long alkoxy chains grown under microgravity conditions show enhanced third-order NLO susceptibilities relative to films grown at 1 g.

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