pubmed-article:12633710 | pubmed:abstractText | Single crystals of pure and transition metal ions (Cu(2+) and VO(2+))-doped L-arginine sulpho phosphate monohydrate (sulphate-mixed L-arginine phosphate monohydrate, abbreviated as LASP) have been grown by solvent evaporation of the saturated aqueous solution at room temperature and characterized by single-crystal XRD, FT-IR, UV-Vis-NIR and EPR (single-crystal rotation) spectral studies. Kurtz powder technique shows an enhanced second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency for LASP and its doped analogues than pure LAP. The EPR studies on LASP:VO(2+) reveal that the in-plane sigma-bonding is moderately covalent and the out-of-plane pi-bonding is highly covalent, which could be attributed to the cause of enhanced powder efficiency. | lld:pubmed |