An organic-inorganic hybrid material [Me 3 NCH 2 CH 2 F]FeBr 4 exhibits three-step SHG on/off.
Haina ZhangLingyu WangWenjing GuoHu CaiZhen-Hong WeiPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2023)
A novel solid-state second harmonic generation (SHG) organic-inorganic hybrid switch [Me 3 NCH 2 CH 2 F]FeBr 4 (1) exhibits genuine three-step "on-off-on-off" SHG-switching above-room temperature, which has potential applications in multi-step optical devices.