Patents Assigned to Northwestem University
  • Twisted Pi-Electron System Chromophore Compounds with Very Large Molecular Hyperpolarizabilities and Related Compositions and Devices
    Publication number: 20110278512
    Abstract: Unconventional twisted ?-electron system electro-optic (EO) chromophores/compounds, compositions and related device structures. Crystallographic analysis of several non-limiting chromophores reveals, for instance, large ring-ring dihedral twist angles and a highly charge-separated zwitterionic structure in the ground state, in both solution phase and solid-state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Northwestem University
    Inventors: Tobin J. Marks, Hu Kang