Flexible ferroelectric organic crystals

Magdalena Owczarek; Karl A. Hujsak; Daniel P. Ferris; Aleksandrs Prokofjevs; Irena Majerz; Przemysław Szklarz; Huacheng Zhang; Amy A. Sarjeant; Charlotte L. Stern; Ryszard Jakubas; Seungbum Hong; Vinayak P. Dravid; J. Fraser Stoddart

doi:10.1038/ncomms13108

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Flexible ferroelectric organic crystals

Magdalena Owczarek,
Karl A. Hujsak,
Daniel P. Ferris,
Aleksandrs Prokofjevs,
Irena Majerz,
Przemysław Szklarz,
Huacheng Zhang,
Amy A. Sarjeant,
Charlotte L. Stern,
Ryszard Jakubas,
Seungbum Hong,
Vinayak P. Dravid,
J. Fraser Stoddart

Affiliations

Magdalena Owczarek: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Karl A. Hujsak: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
Daniel P. Ferris: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Aleksandrs Prokofjevs: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Irena Majerz: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University
Przemysław Szklarz: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw
Huacheng Zhang: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Amy A. Sarjeant: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Charlotte L. Stern: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Ryszard Jakubas: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw
Seungbum Hong: Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Vinayak P. Dravid: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
J. Fraser Stoddart: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13108
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Mechanical flexibility gives organic ferroelectric materials a potential advantage over their inorganic counterparts, yet it is challenging to produce them. Owczareket al. report flexible crystals based on trisubstituted haloimidazoles that show both ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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