Zixiu Lu , Chen Zhang , Qile Liang , Xuming Mei , Chunhui Duan , Jiaxing Wang
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Abstract
An inorganic-organic hybrid zinc borate, Zn2(BO₃)(C₄H₅N₂) (1), was synthesized through a straight forward solvothermal transformation process, utilizing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as self-sacrificial templates. As a distinguished member of the KBe₂BO₃F₂ (KBBF) family, 1 exhibits a unique and infinite layer, [Zn₂(BO₃)N₂]∞, composed of [BO₃] and [ZnO₃N] groups. These interconnected layers of [Zn₂(BO₃)N₂]∞ are elegantly bridged by deprotonated 2-methylimidazole ligands, forming a 3D network. Notably, it exhibits a relatively large second-harmonic-generation response of about 1.0 times that of KDP and large birefringence of 0.11@1064 nm. The optical properties are mainly derived from the synergistic effect of the co-planar arrangement of [BO3] and the nonlinear polarization ligand 2-methylimidazole. Our strategy may provide a new way to designing high-performance NLO materials.
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