First principles study of electronic and nonlinear optical properties of A–D–π–A and D–A–D–π–A configured compounds containing novel quinoline–carbazole derivatives

Muhammad Khalid; Akbar Ali; Rifat Jawaria; Muhammad Adnan Asghar; Sumreen Asim; Muhammad Usman Khan; Riaz Hussain; Muhammad Fayyaz ur Rehman; Christopher J. Ennis; Muhammad Safwan Akram

doi:10.1039/D0RA02857F

First principles study of electronic and nonlinear optical properties of A–D–π–A and D–A–D–π–A configured compounds containing novel quinoline–carbazole derivatives†

Muhammad Khalid,

*^a Akbar Ali,^b Rifat Jawaria,^a Muhammad Adnan Asghar,^c Sumreen Asim,^a Muhammad Usman Khan,

^d Riaz Hussain,

^d Muhammad Fayyaz ur Rehman,

^b Christopher J. Ennis

^e and Muhammad Safwan Akram

*^ef

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^a Department of Chemistry, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
E-mail: khalid@iq.usp.br

^b Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan

^c A Division of Science and Technology, University of Education Lahore, Pakistan

^d Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara-56300, Pakistan

^e School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
E-mail: safwan.akram@tees.ac.uk

^f National Horizons Centre, Teesside University, Darlington, UK

Abstract

Materials with nonlinear optical (NLO) properties have significant applications in different fields, including nuclear science, biophysics, medicine, chemical dynamics, solid physics, materials science and surface interface applications. Quinoline and carbazole, owing to their electron-deficient and electron-rich character respectively, play a role in charge transfer applications in optoelectronics. Therefore, an attempt has been made herein to explore quinoline–carbazole based novel materials with highly nonlinear optical properties. Structural tailoring has been made at the donor and acceptor units of two recently synthesized quinoline–carbazole molecules (Q1, Q2) and acceptor–donor–π–acceptor (A–D–π–A) and donor–acceptor–donor–π–acceptor (D–A–D–π–A) type novel molecules Q1D1–Q1D3 and Q2D2–Q2D3 have been quantum chemically designed, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) computations are performed to process the impact of acceptor and donor units on photophysical, electronic and NLO properties of selected molecules. The λ_max values (321 and 319 nm) for Q1 and Q2 in DSMO were in good agreement with the experimental values (326 and 323 nm). The largest shift in absorption maximum is displayed by Q1D2 (436 nm). The designed compounds (Q1D3–Q2D3) express absorption spectra with an increased border and with a reduced band gap compared to the parent compounds (Q1 and Q2). Natural bond orbital (NBO) investigations showed that the extended hyper conjugation and strong intramolecular interaction play significant roles in stabilising these systems. All molecules expressed significant NLO responses. A large value of β_tot was elevated in Q1D2 (23 885.90 a.u.). This theoretical framework reveals the NLO response properties of novel quinoline–carbazole derivatives that can be significant for their use in advanced applications.

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