Issue 9, 2017

Dielectric and nonlinear optical dual switching in an organic–inorganic hybrid relaxor [(CH3)3PCH2OH][Cd(SCN)3]

Abstract

A new organic–inorganic hybrid compound [(CH3)3PCH2OH][Cd(SCN)3] (1) has been synthesized, which exhibits a reversible phase transition at 248.5 K confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry. The phase transition in 1 is from a centrosymmetric space group Pmcn to a non-centrosymmetric space group P21, so that 1 exhibits a switchable second harmonic generation (SHG) effect between SHG-on and SHG-off states. This phase transition also displays switchable dielectric behaviors between high and low dielectric states accompanied by the remarkable dielectric relaxation described by the Cole–Cole equation. Variable-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses reveal that the origin of the phase transition can be attributed to the motion or reorientation of the [(CH3)3PCH2OH]+ cations and the movement of (SCN) ions in solid-state crystals. These superior physical properties suggest that 1 could be a potential switchable dielectric and NLO relaxor-type material, which provides a new approach to design novel multiple switch materials.

Graphical abstract: Dielectric and nonlinear optical dual switching in an organic–inorganic hybrid relaxor [(CH3)3PCH2OH][Cd(SCN)3]

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
29 ⵎⴰⵢ 2017
Accepted
18 ⵢⵓⵏ 2017
First published
19 ⵢⵓⵏ 2017

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1445-1450

Dielectric and nonlinear optical dual switching in an organic–inorganic hybrid relaxor [(CH3)3PCH2OH][Cd(SCN)3]

X. Zheng, P. Shi, Y. Lu, L. Zhou, J. Gao, F. Geng, D. Wu, D. Fu and Q. Ye, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017, 4, 1445 DOI: 10.1039/C7QI00300E

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