High‐Temperature and Large‐Polarization Ferroelectric with Second Harmonic Generation Response in a Novel Crown Ether Clathrate
Molecular ferroelectrics of high‐temperature reversible phase transitions are very rare and have attracted increasing attention in recent years. In this paper is described the successful synthesis of a novel high‐temperature host‐guest inclusion ferroelectric: [(C6H5NF3)(18‐crown‐6)][BF4] (1) that s...
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Published in | Chemistry : a European journal Vol. 27; no. 54; pp. 13575 - 13581 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Weinheim
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24.09.2021
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Summary: | Molecular ferroelectrics of high‐temperature reversible phase transitions are very rare and have attracted increasing attention in recent years. In this paper is described the successful synthesis of a novel high‐temperature host‐guest inclusion ferroelectric: [(C6H5NF3)(18‐crown‐6)][BF4] (1) that shows a pair of reversible peaks at 348 K (heating) and 331 K (cooling) with a heat hysteresis about 17 K by differential scanning calorimetry measurements, thus indicating that 1 undergoes a reversible structural phase transition. Variable‐temperature PXRD and temperature‐dependent dielectric measurements further prove the phase‐transition behavior of 1. The second harmonic response demonstrates that 1 belongs to a non‐centrosymmetric space group at room temperature and is a good nonlinear optical material. In its semiconducting properties, 1 shows a wide optical band gap of about 4.43 eV that comes chiefly from the C, H and O atoms of the crystals. In particular, the ferroelectric measurements of 1 exhibit a typical polarization‐electric hysteresis loop with a large spontaneous polarization (Ps) of about 4.06 μC/cm2. This finding offers an alternative pathway for designing new ferroelectric‐dielectric and nonlinear optical materials and related physical properties in organic‐inorganic and other hybrid crystals.
A modern material: A novel high‐temperature host‐guest inclusion ferroelectric, [(C6H5NF3)(18‐crown‐6)][BF4], has successfully been synthesized; it underwent a reversible structural phase transition around Tc=348 K, with a wide band gap of 4.43 eV. The chief contributors to this are the C, H and O atoms of the crystals, the obvious second harmonic generation response and the large value of spontaneous ferroelectric polarization of around 4.06 μC/cm2. |
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ISSN: | 0947-6539 1521-3765 |
DOI: | 10.1002/chem.202101707 |