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Crystal structures and nonlinear optical properties of new clusters [MOS3Cu3(PPh3)3{S 2P(OCH2Ph)2}] (M = Mo, W)

  • He Gen Zheng*
  • , Yu Xiao Wang
  • , Mei Hua Ma
  • , Ya Cai
  • , Anwar Usman
  • , Hoong Kun Fun
  • , Ying Lin Song
  • , Xin Quan Xin
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Nanjing University
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia

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Abstract

Two new isostructural O,O′-dialkyl dithiophosphate-containing sulfido clusters, MOS3Cu3(PPh3)3{S 2P(OCH2Ph)2}] (M=Mo (1); M=W (2)), were synthesized through reaction of [NH4[MOS3] with [CuS2P(OCH2Ph)2]. They possess an incomplete cubane-like structure, in which the dithiophosphate ligand adopts a triply bridging role, employing one sulfur atom to bind to one Cu atom and the other to two Cu atoms. High third-order nonlinear optical properties of the two clusters were observed, and Z-scan data measured with 532 nm nanosecond laser pulses showed effective third-order optical nonlinearities α2=0.78×10-10 and 1.16×10-10 m W-1, and n2=-7.8×10-18 and 4.0×10-18 m2 W-1, respectively, for DMF solution of compound 1 and DMF solution of 2. These two clusters exhibit large optical limiting performance with limiting threshold values of 220 mJ cm-2 for 1 and 600 mJ cm-2 for 2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)63-68
Number of pages6
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume351
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Jul 2003

Keywords

  • Copper compounds
  • Crystal structures
  • Dithiophosphates
  • Molybdenum compound
  • Nonlinear optical properties
  • Tungsten compound

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