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- Title
Crystal structure or chemical composition of salt–sugar‐based metal–organic frameworks: what are the nonlinear optical properties due to?
- Authors
Marabello, Domenica; Antoniotti, Paola; Benzi, Paola; Beccari, Fabio; Canepa, Carlo; Cariati, Elena; Cioci, Alma; Lo Presti, Leonardo
- Abstract
In the last few decades optical imaging techniques based on nonlinear optical properties have been of interest for biosensing applications. This work focuses on two isostructural and isomorphous sugar‐derived metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with second‐harmonic generation (SHG) properties, in order to investigate their possible application as biosensors in view of their high biocompatibility. Combining 2‐deoxy‐d‐galactose with the metal halogenides CaX2 (X = Br, I), two new isomorphous MOFs of formula [Ca(C6H12O5)2]X2 were obtained and characterized through single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. The first‐order static hyperpolarizability and second‐order susceptibility were estimated by in vacuo and in‐crystal density functional theory calculations, and compared with the experimental SHG response of powdered samples. The parameters influencing the SHG response of these compounds were investigated by comparison with similar previously analysed MOFs, to understand how to design more efficient materials to be used as nanoprobes by exploiting crystal engineering techniques.
- Subjects
METAL-organic frameworks; CHEMICAL structure; OPTICAL properties; NONLINEAR optical techniques; CRYSTAL structure; BIO-imaging sensors
- Publication
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering & Materials, 2021, Vol 77, Issue 4, p506
- ISSN
2052-5192
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1107/S2052520621004637