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Synthesis, Growth and Spectral Studies of Cadmium Mercury Thiocyanate Dimethyl Sulfoxide: An Efficient Non-linear Optical Single Crystal
Corresponding Author(s) : J. Madhavan
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 25 No. 2 (2013): Vol 25 Issue 2
Abstract
The salt of tetrathiocyanato cadmium(II) mercury(II)-dimethyl sulfoxide was synthesized by using dimethyl sulfoxide as ligand to react with cadmium mercury tetrathiocyanate (CMTC) in a mixture of dimethylsulfoxide and double distilled water. The grown crystals were confirmed by single crystal XRD and it is found that cadmium(II) mercury(II)-dimethyl sulfoxide belongs to the orthorhombic system with space group P212121. The FTIR studies confirmed the coordination of dimethyl sulfoxide with Cd. The UV-Vis-NIR transmission studies show the presence of a good transmission window which is the prime necessity for the material to have non-linear optical property. The non-linear optical efficiency of cadmium(II) mercury(II)-dimethyl sulfoxide crystal was studied and confirmed by Kurtz and Perry technique and compared with other well-known non-linear optical crystals. It is interesting to observe that the non-linear optical efficiency of cadmium(II) mercury(II)-dimethyl sulfoxide is superior to urea.
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J. Madhavan, S. Aruna, A. Anuradha, D. Premanand, I.V. Potheher, K. Thamizharasan and P. Sagayaraj, Opt. Mater., 29, 1211 (2007).
G.P. Joseph, K. Rajarajan, M. Vimalan, S. Selvakumar, S.M. Ravi Kumar, J. Madhavan and P. Sagayaraj, Mater. Res. Bull., 42, 2040 (2007).
K. Rajarajan, G. Mani, I.V. Potheher, J.G.M. Jesudurai, M. Vimalan, D. Christy, J. Madhavan and P. Sagayaraj, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 68, 2370 (2007).
I.V. Potheher, J. Madhavan, K. Rajarajan, K.S. Nagaraj and P. Sagayaraj J. Cryst. Growth, 130, 124 (2008).
S. Guo, D. Xu, M.K. Lv, D.R. Yuan, Z.H. Yang, G.H. Zhang, S.Y. Sun, X.Q. Wang, M. Zhou and M.H. Jiang, Prog. Crystal Growth Charact., 40, 111 (2000).
X.Q. Wang, D. Xu, M.K. Lu, D.R. Yuan, J. Huang, S.G. Li, G.W. Lu, H.Q. Sun, S.Y. Guo, G.H. Zhang, X.L. Duan, H.Y. Liu and W.L. Liu, J. Cryst. Growth, 247, 432 (2003).