Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Proton tautomerism for strong polarization switching

  • Sachio Horiuchi,
  • Kensuke Kobayashi,
  • Reiji Kumai,
  • Shoji Ishibashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14426
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ferroelectrics based on proton tautomerism are promising in low-field and above-roomtemperature operations. Here the authors establish a procedure to optimize spontaneous polarizations, finding that the polarization in croconic acid breaks its own record for organic systems.