Cifuentes, MarieHumphrey, Mark2015-12-130022-328Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/88677The syntheses and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of metal alkynyl complexes prepared at ANU are summarized, including development of structure-NLO property relationships, and attempts to "switch" optical nonlinearities. The authors' studies of the nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of metal alkynyl complexes are summarized; structure-NLO property relationships are developed and attempts to "switch" optical nonlinearities of alkynyl complexes are described.200410.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.06.0272015-12-12