DNA-based polymers as chiral templates for second-order nonlinear optical materials

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Abstract

The unique symmetry properties of chiral systems allow the emergence of coherent second harmonic generation in polymeric materials lacking polar order. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) treated with the surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium (CTMA) was drop-cast to spontaneously form films that are active for coherent second harmonic generation (SHG). SHG images acquired as a function of incident and exigent polarization are in good agreement with theoretical predictions assuming nonpolar D00 symmetry for the double-stranded DNA chains. Doping the DNA films with crystal violet substantially increases the efficiency of SHG, but does not significantly alter the polarization-dependence, suggesting that the SHG generated upon doping arises from the same chiral-specific origin, presumably templated by the DNA. These results raise the possibility of new design strategies for organic nonlinear optical materials based on soft chiral polymers that do not require polar order. © 2009 Wlley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

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Wanapun, D., Hall, V. J., Begue, N. J., Grote, J. G., & Simpson, G. J. (2009). DNA-based polymers as chiral templates for second-order nonlinear optical materials. ChemPhysChem, 10(15), 2674–2678. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200900303

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