Hexa-Branched Nanographenes with Large Two-Photon Absorption

The conventional approach toward molecules with large two-photon absorption (TPA) involves donor-acceptor conjugation. Herein we show a new strategy involving the use of hexa-branched nanographenes. We synthesized two hexa-branched nanographenes, one with six benzoaceanthrylene arms fused to the coronene core and the other with six pyrenyl arms fused to the coronene core. Neither of these hexa-branched nanographenes has a donor-acceptor structure, yet they exhibited high TPA values of 3.6 × 103 and 1.9 × 104 GM, respectively, which are the highest values recorded for heteroatom-free hydrocarbon molecules. Theoretical analysis suggests that the fused branched structures are responsible for the large TPA cross-section. These findings illustrate the importance of the topology of the fused conjugated skeleton in TPA and provide an alternative structural design toward large TPA.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:145

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 145(2023), 35 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 19333-19337

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Englisch

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Zhao, Xin-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Ju, Yang-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Su, Yu-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Chun [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Feng, LiuBin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Müllen, Klaus [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Yuan-Zhi [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 06.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/jacs.3c05662

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NLM361366620