Nonlinear Optical Chromophores Containing Furanyl Accepting Groups, and Methods of Making and Using the Same

An electro-optic device comprising one or more resistive film, wherein the one or more resistive film each comprising a nonlinear optical chromophore dispersed and poled within a host polymer matrix, wherein the nonlinear optical chromophore of a general formula (I):

• wherein D represents an organic electron-donating group;
• A represents an organic electron-accepting group having an electron affinity greater than the electron affinity of D;
• and II represents a II-bridge between the organic electron-accepting group and the organic electron-donating group;
• wherein A comprises furanyl electron acceptors having following formula (A1):
• wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a moiety selected from the group consisting of H, a heteroatom, a substituted or unsubstituted silyloxy methyl, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroalkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted amino, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxycarbonyl, a substituted or unsubstituted thioalkyl, a halogen-substituted alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted spiro-ring group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 alkenyl, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-C30 alkynyl, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, a substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic (e.g., a substituted or unsubstituted cyclohexyl), a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic, and a CH3—(CH2)n—O—(CH2)n where n is 1-30;
• and
• wherein R3, R4 and R10 each independently represent a moiety selected from the group consisting of nitrile group, sulfonyl group, nitro group, trifluoromethyl group, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, substituted or unsubstituted alkylaryl, substituted or unsubstituted carbocyclic, and substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic.