Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Macroscopic Polarization Change via Electron Transfer in a Valence Tautomeric Cobalt Complex

  • Shu-Qi Wu,
  • Meijiao Liu,
  • Kaige Gao,
  • Shinji Kanegawa,
  • Yusuke Horie,
  • Genki Aoyama,
  • Hajime Okajima,
  • Akira Sakamoto,
  • Michael L. Baker,
  • Myron S. Huzan,
  • Peter Bencok,
  • Tsukasa Abe,
  • Yoshihito Shiota,
  • Kazunari Yoshizawa,
  • Wenhuang Xu,
  • Hui-Zhong Kou,
  • Osamu Sato

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15988-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Polarization change from directional electron transfer attracts considerable attention owing to its fast switching rate and potential light control. Here, the authors provide a proof-of-concept of electronic pyroelectricity induced by intramolecular electron transfer in the single crystal of a valence tautomeric compound.