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C. Constantinescu, A. Emandi, C. Vasiliu, C. Negrila, C. Logofatu, C. Cotarlan, M. Lazarescu, Thin films of Cu(II)-o,o'-dihydroxy azobenzene nanoparticle-embedded polyacrylic acid (PAA) for nonlinear optical applications developed by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE), Appl. Surf. Sci., 255/10 (2009) 5480-5485

Title: Thin films of Cu(II)-o,o'-dihydroxy azobenzene nanoparticle-embedded polyacrylic acid (PAA) for nonlinear optical applications developed by matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE)

Abstract: Thin films based on two different metal-organic systems are developed by MAPLE and their nonlinear optical applications are explored. A complex of o,o'-dihydroxy azobenzene with Cu(2+) cation is found to organize as a non-central symmetric crystallite. A simple protocol is developed for the in situ fabrication of highly monodisperse copper-complex nanoparticles in a polymer film matrix of polyacrylic acid. The thin films were deposited on quartz substrates by MAPLE ( matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation) using a Nd:YAG laser working at 355 nm. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier transform infrared ( FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and optical second harmonic generation (SHG) were performed on the samples. The optical limiting capability of the nanoparticle-embedded polymer film is investigated. (C) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

Key words: MAPLE; Thin film; Copper-complex nanoparticle; Polyacrylic acid

 

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