A novel co-crystallization molecular ferroelectric induced by the ordering of sulphate anions and hydrogen atoms

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 2413-2419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Feng Wang ◽  
Ji-Xing Gao ◽  
Chao Li ◽  
Chang-Shan Yang ◽  
Jian-Bo Xiong ◽  
...  

The co-crystallization complex [EG]·[Cu(phen)2·SO4] undergoes a paraelectric–ferroelectric phase transition around 272 K which was confirmed by the observation of a large dielectric anomaly.

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jūras Banys ◽  
Jan Macutkevic ◽  
Carola Klimm ◽  
Georg Völkel

The dielectric properties of mixed betaine phosphate0.06betaine phosphite0.94(BP0.06BPI0.94) ferroelectric crystals were investigated in a wide frequency range from 20 Hz to 3 GHz. Although the dielectric anomaly is clearly observed close to the ferroelectric phase transition temperatureTc= 121 K, the dielectric dispersion is very broad around and below this temperature. Temperature dependences of the dielectric strength, the mean relaxation frequency and the spontaneous polarization cannot be described together according to the Landau theory for ferroelectric phase transition with a single order parameter or according to the quasione-dimensional Ising model. The polarization shows a pronounced distribution in the ferroelectric phase and only a partial ordering of hydrogen atoms occurs down to the lowest temperatures. The unordered hydrogen atoms form a glassy phase and its formation is observed in dielectric spectra at very low temperatures. The proton freezing temperature was estimated.


1976 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 511-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter O. Cervenka ◽  
A. D. Prasad Rao ◽  
S. P. S. Porto

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Đorđe Dangić ◽  
Olle Hellman ◽  
Stephen Fahy ◽  
Ivana Savić

AbstractThe proximity to structural phase transitions in IV-VI thermoelectric materials is one of the main reasons for their large phonon anharmonicity and intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity κ. However, the κ of GeTe increases at the ferroelectric phase transition near 700 K. Using first-principles calculations with the temperature dependent effective potential method, we show that this rise in κ is the consequence of negative thermal expansion in the rhombohedral phase and increase in the phonon lifetimes in the high-symmetry phase. Strong anharmonicity near the phase transition induces non-Lorentzian shapes of the phonon power spectra. To account for these effects, we implement a method of calculating κ based on the Green-Kubo approach and find that the Boltzmann transport equation underestimates κ near the phase transition. Our findings elucidate the influence of structural phase transitions on κ and provide guidance for design of better thermoelectric materials.


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