Synthesis and Characterization of NLO Material L-Valine L-Valinium Perchlorate Monohydrate for Photonics Applications

L-valine L-valinium perchlorate monohydrate single crystal has been synthesized by slow evaporation technique at room temperature. The crystal structure and space group of the crystal were confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffractometer. Optical behavior of the crystal was analyzed by using UV-visible spectrophotometer. Thermal stability was discussed by using thermo gravimetric analysis. Mechanical strength of the grown crystal was studied using Vickers microhardness tester. Nonlinear optical property was explored to confirm the second harmonic generation efficiency of the grown crystal. These preliminary investigations suggest that the title compound can serve as a potential material for photonics applications. Full Text: PDF References D. J. Williams, "Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic and Polymer Materials" (ACS Symposium series 233, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1983). CrossRef K. Bouchouit, Z. Sofiani, B. Derkowska, S. Abed, N. Benali-cherif, M. Bakasse and B. Sahraoui, "Investigation of crystal structure and nonlinear optical properties of 2-methoxyanilinium nitrate", Opt. Commun. 278, 180 (2007), CrossRef K. Bouchouit, H. Bougharraf, B. Derkowska-zielinska, N. Benali-cherif and B. Sahraoui, "Reversible phase transition in semi-organic compound p-Nitroanilinium sulfate detected using second harmonic generation as a tool", Opt.Mater. 48, 215 (2015), CrossRef J. H. Joshi, S. Kalainathan, M. J. Joshi and K. D. Parikh, "Crystal growth, spectroscopic, second and third order nonlinear optical spectroscopic studies of L-phenylalanine doped ammonium dihydrogen phosphate single crystals", Arab. J. Chem. 13, 5018 (2020), CrossRef A. Vijayakumar, A. Ponnuvel and A. Sasikala, "Growth and characterization of α and β form of L-histidine dihydrochloride single crystals", Mater. Today 14, 338 (2019), CrossRef C. Usha, R. Sathakuamri, Lynnette Joseph, D.Sajan, R.Meenakshi, and A.Sinthiya, "Growth and combined experimental and quantum chemical study of glycyl-L-Valine crystal", Heliyon 5, e01574 (2019), CrossRef P. Maadeshwaran and J. Chandrasekaran, "Synthesis, growth and characterization of l-valine cadmium chloride monohydrate—A novel semiorganic nonlinear optical crystal", Optik 122, 1128 (2011) CrossRef S. Pandiyaran, M. Umadevi, R. K. Rajaraman and V. K. Ramakrishnan, "Infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies of l-valine l-valinium perchlorate monohydrate", Spectrochim. Act A Mol. 62, 630 (2005) CrossRef S. Pandiarajan, B. Sridhar and R. K. Rajaram, "L-Valine L-valinium perchlorate monohydrate", Acta Crystallogr. E, 57, 0466 (2001) CrossRef M. Lydia Caroline and S. Vasudevan, "Growth and characterization of l-phenylalanine nitric acid, a new organic nonlinear optical material", Mater. Lett. 63, 41 (2009) CrossRef J. Tauc, R. Grigorovici and A. Vancu, "Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of Amorphous Germanium", Phy. Solid. Stat. 15, 627 (1966), CrossRef J. Tauc, A. Menth and D.L. Wood, "Optical and Magnetic Investigations of the Localized States in Semiconducting Glasses", Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 749 (1970) CrossRef B. Thirumalaiselvam, R. Kanagadurai, D. Jayaraman and V. Natarajan, "Growth and characterization of 4-methyl benzene sulfonamide single crystals", Opt.Mater. 37, 74 (2014) CrossRef J. Bowman and M. Bevis, "The evaluation of the structure and hardness of processed plastics by the Vickers microhardness test", Colloid Polym. Sci. 255, 954 (1977) CrossRef S. K. Kurtz and T. T. Perry, "A Powder Technique for the Evaluation of Nonlinear Optical Materials", J. Appl. Phy. 39, 3798 (1968) CrossRef M. Prakash, D. Geetha and M. Lydia Caroline, "Crystal growth, structural, optical, spectral and thermal studies of tris(l-phenylalanine)l-phenylalaninium nitrate: A new organic nonlinear optical material", Spectrochim. Act A Mol. 81, 48 (2011) CrossRef