Second-harmonic generation, dithiolene

With rich luminescent properties, long-lived CT excited states and a variety of bimolecular photochemical reaction pathways, the mixed-ligand square-planar diimine dithiolene complexes of d8 metal ions show great promise for solar-energy conversion, as luminescent probes or in photocatalytic applications. Complexes of this type have also received attention for the nonlinear optical properties, such as second harmonic generation, related to the MMLL CT excited state (14, 129). 

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