Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Biferroelectricity of a homochiral organic molecule in both solid crystal and liquid crystal phases

  • Xian-Jiang Song,
  • Xiao-Gang Chen,
  • Jun-Chao Liu,
  • Qin Liu,
  • Yi-Piao Zeng,
  • Yuan-Yuan Tang,
  • Peng-Fei Li,
  • Ren-Gen Xiong,
  • Wei-Qiang Liao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33925-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Ferroelectricity normally exists in either solid crystals or liquid crystals. Here, the authors report a homochiral organic compound which shows ferroelectricity in both solid crystal and liquid crystal phases.