Issue 32, 2016

Strong piezoelectricity in [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][BF4] and [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][ClO4] – new amino acid based hybrid crystals

Abstract

New amino acid based [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][ClO4] and [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][BF4] crystals were synthesized and their structure and functional piezoelectric properties were investigated in detail. The former crystallizes in the piezoelectric P212121 space group whereas the latter belongs to the polar P1 space group. Piezoelectric force microscopy (PFM) measurements revealed that the piezoelectric coefficient, d15eff, of the [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][BF4] crystal is more than twice that in the widely used transducer material lithium niobate, LiNbO3. The crystal structures of both [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH] derivatives are characterized by inter- and intramolecular hydrogen bond networks that are responsible for a high piezoresponse. The existence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding was confirmed by means of IR measurements. The thermogravimetric (TGA) technique was applied to study the thermal behavior of the title crystals. The piezoelectric properties are discussed in the context of the crystallographic structure and the microstructure of these crystals.

Graphical abstract: Strong piezoelectricity in [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][BF4] and [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][ClO4] – new amino acid based hybrid crystals

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 May 2016
Accepted
14 Jul 2016
First published
19 Jul 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 7622-7631

Strong piezoelectricity in [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][BF4] and [H-β-(2-pyridyl)-Ala-OH][ClO4] – new amino acid based hybrid crystals

M. Wojtaś, A. Gągor and A. L. Kholkin, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 7622 DOI: 10.1039/C6TC02206E

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