Patent ID: 8574468

Claim:
A chromophore, comprising: a base formula E; wherein X is selected from the group consisting of methylene, oxygen, sulfur, alkyl amine, amide, functionalized methylene, functionalized amine, and functionalized amide; wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of carbon methine, functionalized carbon methine, azamethine, and atoms forming sp2-hybridized molecular orbitals; wherein M and N are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, fluorine, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, t-butyldiphenylsiloxy, functionalized alkyl, functionalized aryl, functionalized alkoxy, functionalized aryloxy, and functionalized amide; wherein J and K are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, functionalized alkyl, fluorine-functionalized alkyl, functionalized aryl, and fluorine-functionalized aryl; and wherein R and L are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, functionalized alkyl, and functionalized aryl.