Santo Di Bella (2001) Second-order nonlinear optical properties of transition metal
complexes Chem. Soc. Rev , 30,: 355–366 October Abstract: This contribution presents an overview of the principal
classes of second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) transition
metal (organometallic and coordination) complexes and
illustrates how organometallic and coordination chemistry
can offer a very large variety of NLO structures in relation
to the metal nd configuration, oxidation state, spin state, etc.
Moreover, metal complexes can satisfy the very different
demands of second-order NLO materials such as switchable,
tuneable, and multidimensional NLO properties,
depending on the subtle interplay of structure–property
relationships. Recent advances and perspectives in metal
complexes as NLO materials are also presented
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