Issue 9, 2018

Bromocholine bromide is a molecular ferroelectric with moderate phase transition temperature

Abstract

We showed that the simple organic salt bromocholine bromide is a molecular ferroelectric with a moderate ferroelectric phase transition temperature (329 K). The order–disorder dynamic transition of organic cations results in symmetry breaking from the centrosymmetric paraelectric phase (P21/m) to polar ferroelectric phase (P21), affording a moderate spontaneous polarization of 1.0 μC cm−2 for the ferroelectric phase, as well as a switchable SHG signal and pyroelectric property with feasible “on/off” contrasts.

Graphical abstract: Bromocholine bromide is a molecular ferroelectric with moderate phase transition temperature

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Jan 2018
Accepted
06 Feb 2018
First published
07 Feb 2018

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 2221-2224

Bromocholine bromide is a molecular ferroelectric with moderate phase transition temperature

S. Wang, X. Chen, B. Huang, Y. Su, W. Zhang, M. Zeng and X. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 2221 DOI: 10.1039/C8TC00419F

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