In this hot paper the authors offer a potential explanation for the reported dependency of second harmonic generation efficiency on crystallization solvent in CNS and related materials:
Influence of the solvent of crystallization on the orientational disorder of (trans)-4-chloro-4′-nitrostilbene
Norwid-Rasmus Behrnd, Gaël Labat, Paloth Venugopalan, Jürg Hulliger and Hans-Beat Bürgi
CrystEngComm, 2010, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/B926652F
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