Hexa-Branched Nanographenes with Large Two-Photon Absorption

作者：Xin‐Jing Zhao, Yang‐Yang Ju, Yuming Su, Chun Tang, Qi Zeng, Liubin Feng, Cheng Wang, Kläus Müllen, Yuan‐Zhi Tan · 发表于：Journal of the American Chemical Society · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1021/jacs.3c05662 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies、Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry、Fullerene Chemistry and Applications

The conventional approach toward molecules with large two-photon absorption (TPA) involves donor–acceptor conjugation. Herein we show a new strategy involving the use of hexa-branched nanographenes. We synthesized two hexa-branched nanographenes, one with six benzoaceanthrylene arms fused to the coronene core and the other with six pyrenyl arms fused to the coronene core. Neither of these hexa-branched nanographenes has a donor–acceptor structure, yet they exhibited high TPA values of 3.6 × 10 3 and 1.9 × 10 4 GM, respectively, which are the highest values recorded for heteroatom-free hydrocarbon molecules. Theoretical analysis suggests that the fused branched structures are responsible for the large TPA cross-section. These findings illustrate the importance of the topology of the fused conjugated skeleton in TPA and provide an alternative structural design toward large TPA.