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    Combination of Cyanine Behaviour and Giant Hyperpolarisability in Novel Merocyanine Dyes: Beyond the Bond Length Alternation (BLA) Paradigm
    (01-09-2015) ;
    Pandey, Ravindra
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    Stolte, Matthias
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    Ghosh, Sampa
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    Castet, Frédéric
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    Würthner, Frank
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    Das, Puspendu Kumar
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    Blanchard-Desce, Mireille
    Merocyanine dyes that exhibit antithetic cyanine-like behaviour and giant first-order hyperpolarisability (β) values have been designed. These cyanine-type dyes open up an intriguing route towards molecular-based electro-optic materials as well as new second-harmonic generation dyes for imaging. Balanced properties: Strongly dipolar push-pull polymethine chromophores with huge dipole moments and excellent thermal stabilities exhibit suitable near-IR transparency and giant hyperpolarisability for applications in telecommunications (see figure).