National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.10234030 and 10574046);National Key Project for Basic Research of China (No.1999075204);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-04-0420);Doctoral Program of High Education (20050269011);Twilight Project sponsored by Shanghai Education Committee (No.03SG23).
The thin film of a heptamethine cyanine chromophore HC was prepared by spin-coating technique. Its surface morphology and linear optical property were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and UV-visible abso...