Crystal Research and Technology
Cryst. Res. Technol. 43, 683 (2008) - Abstract -

Synthesis, crystal growth and properties of the charge transfer complex adduct of 2-nitro aniline with picric acid – An organic non-linear optical material

R. Bharathikannan, A. Chandramohan*, M. A. Kandhaswamy*, J. Chandrasekaran, R. Renganathan**, and V. Kandavelu**

Department of Physics, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore-641 020, Tamil Nadu, India
*Department of Chemistry, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore-641 020, Tamil Nadu, India
**School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords charge transfer, solution growth, 2-nitroaniline picric acid adduct, nonlinear optical materials
PACS 34.70.+e, 42.70.Mp, 77.84.Jd, 81.10.Dn
DOI 10.1002/crat.200711114

The organic NLO material 2-nitro aniline and picric acid (2NAP) was synthesized, needle shaped single crystals of dimension 10 x 1 x 0.8 mm3 were grown by slow evaporation solution growth technique from the saturated solution of the title compound in chloroform at ambient temperature. The material was characterized through elemental analysis, powder XRD, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and FTIR techniques. The various planes of reflection have been identified from the XRD powder pattern. The formation of the charge transfer complex was confirmed by UV-VIS spectroscopy. The thermal stability of the crystals was investigated using TG/DTA analyses techniques. The second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of the material was estimated using Nd: YAG laser as source.





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