Second harmonic generation on crystalline organic nanoclusters under extreme nanoconfinement in functionalized silica–benzil composites

Abstract We demonstrate a series of organic–inorganic nanocomposite materials combining the mesoporous silica (PS) and benzil (BZL) nanocrystals embedded into its nanochannels (6.0–13.0 nm in diameter) by capillary crystallization. One aims to design novel, efficient nonlinear optical composite mate...

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Main Authors: Houda El Karout, Yaroslav Shchur, Anatoliy Andrushchak, Bouchta Sahraoui, Robert Wielgosz, Olha Kityk, Jarosław Jędryka, Yurii Slyvka, Andriy V. Kityk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37147-4