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Li Z, Varrassi L, Yang Y, Franchini C, Bellaiche L, He J. Ultrastrong Coupling between Polar Distortion and Optical Properties in Ferroelectric MoBr 2O 2. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:15411-15419. [PMID: 38780106 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
Abstract
Tuning the properties of materials by using external stimuli is crucial for developing versatile smart materials. Strong coupling among the order parameters within a single-phase material constitutes a potent foundation for achieving precise property control. However, cross-coupling is fairly weak in most single materials. Leveraging first-principles calculations, we demonstrate a layered mixed anion compound MoBr2O2 that exhibits electric-field switchable spontaneous polarization and ultrastrong coupling between polar distortion and electronic structures as well as optical properties. It offers feasible avenues of achieving tunable Rashba spin-splitting, electrochromism, thermochromism, photochromism, and nonlinear optics by applying an external electric field to a single domain sample and heating, as well as intense light illumination. Additionally, it exhibits an exceptionally large photostrictive effect. These findings not only showcase the feasibility of achieving multiple order parameter coupling within a single material but also pave the way for comprehensive applications based on property control, such as energy harvesting, information processing, and ultrafast control.
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- Zhaojun Li
- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi", Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy "Augusto Righi", Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy
- Faculty of Physics and Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Kolingasse 14-16, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Smart Ferroic Materials Center, Physics Department and Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, United States
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Devices for Post-Moore Chips, Ministry of Education, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Pan Q, Gu ZX, Zhou RJ, Feng ZJ, Xiong YA, Sha TT, You YM, Xiong RG. The past 10 years of molecular ferroelectrics: structures, design, and properties. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:5781-5861. [PMID: 38690681 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00262d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Ferroelectricity, which has diverse important applications such as memory elements, capacitors, and sensors, was first discovered in a molecular compound, Rochelle salt, in 1920 by Valasek. Owing to their superiorities of lightweight, biocompatibility, structural tunability, mechanical flexibility, etc., the past decade has witnessed the renaissance of molecular ferroelectrics as promising complementary materials to commercial inorganic ferroelectrics. Thus, on the 100th anniversary of ferroelectricity, it is an opportune time to look into the future, specifically into how to push the boundaries of material design in molecular ferroelectric systems and finally overcome the hurdles to their commercialization. Herein, we present a comprehensive and accessible review of the appealing development of molecular ferroelectrics over the past 10 years, with an emphasis on their structural diversity, chemical design, exceptional properties, and potential applications. We believe that it will inspire intense, combined research efforts to enrich the family of high-performance molecular ferroelectrics and attract widespread interest from physicists and chemists to better understand the structure-function relationships governing improved applied functional device engineering.
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- Qiang Pan
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China.
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Li R, Zhu T, Zhu ZK, Wu J, Geng Y, Luo J. Unique Perovskitizer N─Pb Bond Switching Induced Polar Photovoltaic Effect in Trilayered Hybrid Perovskite. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306825. [PMID: 37990356 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Polar photovoltaic effect (PPE) has attracted great attention in regulating desired optoelectronic properties, which can be driven by order-disorder and displacive phase transitions. Bond-switching is also a feasible method to induce PPE, but such investigation is very rare. Lead-halide hybrid perovskite (LHHP) is an outstanding photodetection material; lead atoms possess rich coordination modes to provide possibilities to construct switchable bonds. Here, a unique perovskitizer N─Pb bond-switching is disclosed to induce polar photovoltage in the emerging LHHP, PA2MHy2Pb3Br10 (1, PA = n-propylamine, MHy = methylhydrazine). Interestingly, the perovskitizer MHy+ provides 2s2 lone pair while the Pb atom affords empty d orbitals, which coordinate with each other to generate a flexible N─Pb bond. Further, the introduction of N─Pb bonds results in a high distortion of the PbBr6 octahedron to form local polarity and further orientation to induce spontaneous polarization. More importantly, such a flexible N─Pb bond switching mechanism drives a notable PPE and controllable polarized photo-response, a polarization ratio up to 9.7 at the polar phase in striking contrast with the non-polar phase (1.03). The work provides the first demonstration of bond-switching to induce polar phase transition and polar photovoltage in the photoconductive hybrid perovskites for photoelectric applications.
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- Ruiqing Li
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, P. R. China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Hasebe S, Hatakeyama-Sato K, Oyaizu K, Asahi T, Koshima H. Prediction of Photochromism of Salicylideneaniline Crystals Using a Data Mining Approach. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:1463-1471. [PMID: 38222500 PMCID: PMC10785315 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c07859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Salicylideneanilines (SAs) are photochromic compounds that undergo enol-keto photoisomerization in the solid state. Research over the past 60 years has revealed empirically that SAs with steric and planar conformations tend to be photochromic and nonphotochromic, respectively. However, increasing counterexamples in the recent literature raise questions about the nature of the relationship between structure and photochromism in SA crystals and whether the photochromism of SA crystals is predictable. This study is the first to construct a data set on SA crystals and conduct a comprehensive analysis to investigate the relationship between molecular and crystal structures and photochromism. A data mining approach revealed that the dihedral angle is the most dominant structural parameter for photochromism, followed by the Hirshfeld surface volume. SAs with neutral bulky hydrocarbon groups, such as the tert-butyl group, tend to be photochromic because such SAs have steric conformation and a loosely packed structure. In contrast, SAs with fluorine, pyridine, and pyrazine are less likely to be photochromic due to their planar conformation and densely packed structures. The photochromism of the SA crystals in our data set was predicted with high accuracy (>85%) using machine learning. The results of this study provide a useful reference for designing SA crystals with desired photochromic properties.
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- Shodai Hasebe
- Department
of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science
and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- School
of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department
of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science
and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department
of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science
and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
- Research
Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, 513,
Waseda Tsurumakicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
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- Research
Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University, 513,
Waseda Tsurumakicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japan
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Du Y, Liao WQ, Li Y, Huang CR, Gan T, Chen XG, Lv HP, Song XJ, Xiong RG, Wang ZX. A Homochiral Fulgide Organic Ferroelectric Crystal with Photoinduced Molecular Orbital Breaking. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202315189. [PMID: 37919233 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Thermally triggered spatial symmetry breaking in traditional ferroelectrics has been extensively studied for manipulation of the ferroelectricity. However, photoinduced molecular orbital breaking, which is promising for optical control of ferroelectric polarization, has been rarely explored. Herein, for the first time, we synthesized a homochiral fulgide organic ferroelectric crystal (E)-(R)-3-methyl-3-cyclohexylidene-4-(diphenylmethylene)dihydro-2,5-furandione (1), which exhibits both ferroelectricity and photoisomerization. Significantly, 1 shows a photoinduced reversible change in its molecular orbitals from the 3 π molecular orbitals in the open-ring isomer to 2 π and 1 σ molecular orbitals in the closed-ring isomer, which enables reversible ferroelectric domain switching by optical manipulation. To our knowledge, this is the first report revealing the manipulation of ferroelectric polarization in homochiral ferroelectric crystal by photoinduced breaking of molecular orbitals. This finding sheds light on the exploration of molecular orbital breaking in ferroelectrics for optical manipulation of ferroelectricity.
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- Ye Du
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, P. R. China
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Liao WQ, Zeng YL, Tang YY, Xu YQ, Huang XY, Yu H, Lv HP, Chen XG, Xiong RG. Dual Breaking of Molecular Orbitals and Spatial Symmetry in an Optically Controlled Ferroelectric. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2305471. [PMID: 37607776 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202305471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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As particles carry quantified energy, photon radiation enables orbital transitions of energy levels, leading to changes in the spin state of electrons. The resulting switchable structural bistability may bring a new paradigm for manipulating ferroelectric polarization. However, the studies on molecular orbital breaking in the ferroelectric field remain blank. Here, for the first time, a new mechanism of ferroelectrics-dual breaking of molecular orbitals and spatial symmetry, demonstrated in a photochromic organic crystal with light-induced polarization switching, is formally proposed. By alternating the ultraviolet/visible light irradiation, the states of electron spin and the radial distribution p atomic orbitals experience a change, showing a reversible switch from "shoulder-to-shoulder" form to a "head-to-head" form. This reflects a reversible conversion between π and σ bonds, which induces and couples with the variation of spatial symmetry. The intersection of spatial symmetry breaking and molecular orbital breaking in ferroelectrics present in this work will be more conducive to data encryption and anticounterfeiting.
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- Wei-Qiang Liao
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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Cao C, Xue XR, Li QY, Zhang MJ, Abrahams BF, Lang JP. Phase Transition-Promoted Rapid Photomechanical Motions of Single Crystals of a Triene Coordination Polymer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306048. [PMID: 37186135 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Molecular crystals with the ability to transform light energy into macroscopic mechanical motions are a promising class of materials with potential applications in actuating and photonic devices. In regard to such materials, coordination polymers that exhibit dynamic photomechanical motion, associated with a phase transition, are unknown. Herein, we report an intriguing photoactive, one-dimensional ZnII coordination polymer, 1, derived from 1,3,5-tri-4-pyridyl-1,2-ethenylbenzene and 3,5-difluorobenzoate. Single crystals of 1 under UV light irradiation exhibit rapid shrinking and bending, violent bursting-jumping, splitting, and cracking behavior. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and 1 H NMR spectroscopy reveal an unusual photoinduced phase transition involving a single-crystal-to-single-crystal [2+2] cycloaddition reaction that results in photomechanical responses. Interestingly, crystals of 1, which are triclinic with space groupP 1 ‾ ${P\bar{1}}$ , are transformed into a higher symmetry, monoclinic cell with space group C2/c. This process represents a rare example of symmetry enhancement upon photoirradiation. The photomechanical activity is likely due to the sudden release of stress associated with strained molecular geometries and significant solid-state molecular movement arising from cleavage and formation of chemical bonds. A composite membrane fabricated from 1 and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) also displays interesting photomechanical behavior under UV light illumination, indicating the material's potential as a photoactuator.
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- Chen Cao
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China
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Peng H, Xu ZK, Du Y, Li PF, Wang ZX, Xiong RG, Liao WQ. The First Enantiomeric Stereogenic Sulfur-Chiral Organic Ferroelectric Crystals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306732. [PMID: 37272456 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Chiral ferroelectric crystals with intriguing features have attracted great interest and many with point or axial chirality based on the stereocarbon have been successively developed in recent years. However, ferroelectric crystals with stereogenic heteroatomic chirality have never been documented so far. Here, we discover and report a pair of enantiomeric stereogenic sulfur-chiral single-component organic ferroelectric crystals, Rs -tert-butanesulfinamide (Rs -tBuSA) and Ss -tert-butanesulfinamide (Ss -tBuSA) through the deep understanding of the chemical design of molecular ferroelectric crystals. Both enantiomers adopt chiral-polar point group 2 (C2 ) and exhibit mirror-image relationships. They undergo high-temperature 432F2-type plastic ferroelectric phase transition around 348 K. The ferroelectricity has been well confirmed by ferroelectric hysteresis loops and domains. Polarized light microscopy records the evolution of the ferroelastic domains, according with the fact that the 432F2-type phase transition is both ferroelectric and ferroelastic. The very soft characteristics with low elastic modulus and hardness reveals their excellent mechanical flexibility. This finding indicates the first stereosulfur chiral molecular ferroelectric crystals, opening up new fertile ground for exploring molecular ferroelectric crystals with great application prospects.
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- Hang Peng
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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Dai Q, Pei M, Guo J, Wang Q, Hao Z, Wang H, Li Y, Li L, Lu K, Yan Y, Shi Y, Li Y. Integration of image preprocessing and recognition functions in an optoelectronic coupling organic ferroelectric retinomorphic neuristor. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:3061-3071. [PMID: 37218409 DOI: 10.1039/d3mh00429e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
The human visual system (HVS) has the advantages of a low power consumption and high efficiency because of the synchronous perception and early preprocessing of external image information in the retina, as well as parallel in-memory computing within the visual cortex. Realizing the biofunction simulation of the retina and visual cortex in a single device structure provides opportunities for performance improvements and machine vision system (MVS) integration. Here, we fabricate organic ferroelectric retinomorphic neuristors that integrate the retina-like preprocessing function and recognition of the visual cortex in a single device architecture. Benefiting from the electrical/optical coupling modulation of ferroelectric polarization, our devices show a bidirectional photoresponse that acts as the basis for mimicking retinal preconditioning and multi-level memory capabilities for recognition. The MVS based on the proposed retinomorphic neuristors achieves a high recognition accuracy of ∼90%, which is 20% higher than that of the incomplete system without the preprocessing function. In addition, we successfully demonstrate image encryption and optical programming logic gate functions. Our work suggests that the proposed retinomorphic neuristors offer great potential for MVS monolithic integration and functional expansion.
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- Qinyong Dai
- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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Xu WJ, Li MF, Garcia AR, Romanyuk K, Martinho JMG, Zelenovskii P, Tselev A, Verissimo L, Zhang WX, Chen XM, Kholkin A, Rocha J. Molecular Design of a Metal-Nitrosyl Ferroelectric with Reversible Photoisomerization. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37329320 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The development of photo-responsive ferroelectrics whose polarization may be remotely controlled by optical means is of fundamental importance for basic research and technological applications. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of a new metal-nitrosyl ferroelectric crystal (DMA)(PIP)[Fe(CN)5(NO)] (1) (DMA = dimethylammonium, PIP = piperidinium) with potential phototunable polarization via a dual-organic-cation molecular design strategy. Compared to the parent non-ferroelectric (MA)2[Fe(CN)5(NO)] (MA = methylammonium) material with a phase transition at 207 K, the introduction of larger dual organic cations both lowers the crystal symmetry affording robust ferroelectricity and increases the energy barrier of molecular motions, endowing 1 with a large polarization of up to 7.6 μC cm-2 and a high Curie temperature (Tc) of 316 K. Infrared spectroscopy shows that the reversible photoisomerization of the nitrosyl ligand is accomplished by light irradiation. Specifically, the ground state with the N-bound nitrosyl ligand conformation can be reversibly switched to both the metastable state I (MSI) with isonitrosyl conformation and the metastable state II (MSII) with side-on nitrosyl conformation. Quantum chemistry calculations suggest that the photoisomerization significantly changes the dipole moment of the [Fe(CN)5(NO)]2- anion, thus leading to three ferroelectric states with different values of macroscopic polarization. Such optical accessibility and controllability of different ferroelectric states via photoinduced nitrosyl linkage isomerization open up a new and attractive route to optically controllable macroscopic polarization.
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- Wei-Jian Xu
- Department of Chemistry & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences and Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Physics & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences and Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Physics & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- Department of Physics & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Cao Z, Sun B, Zhou G, Mao S, Zhu S, Zhang J, Ke C, Zhao Y, Shao J. Memristor-based neural networks: a bridge from device to artificial intelligence. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2023; 8:716-745. [PMID: 36946082 DOI: 10.1039/d2nh00536k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Since the beginning of the 21st century, there is no doubt that the importance of artificial intelligence has been highlighted in many fields, among which the memristor-based artificial neural network technology is expected to break through the limitation of von Neumann so as to realize the replication of the human brain by enabling strong parallel computing ability and efficient data processing and become an important way towards the next generation of artificial intelligence. A new type of nanodevice, namely memristor, which is based on the variability of its resistance value, not only has very important applications in nonvolatile information storage, but also presents obsessive progressiveness in highly integrated circuits, making it one of the most promising circuit components in the post-Moore era. In particular, memristors can effectively simulate neural synapses and build neural networks; thus, they can be applied for the preparation of various artificial intelligence systems. This study reviews the research progress of memristors in artificial neural networks in detail and highlights the structural advantages and frontier applications of neural networks based on memristors. Finally, some urgent problems and challenges in current research are summarized and corresponding solutions and future development trends are put forward.
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- Zelin Cao
- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China.
- Shaanxi International Joint Research Center for Applied Technology of Controllable Neutron Source, School of Science, Xijing University, Xi'an 710123, China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China.
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- College of Artificial Intelligence, Brain-inspired Computing & Intelligent Control of Chongqing Key Lab, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology of Materials, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China
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- Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology of Materials, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China
- School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China
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- Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, China.
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Du Y, Huang CR, Xu ZK, Hu W, Li PF, Xiong RG, Wang ZX. Photochromic Single-Component Organic Fulgide Ferroelectric with Photo-Triggered Polarization Response. JACS AU 2023; 3:1464-1471. [PMID: 37234120 PMCID: PMC10207094 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Organic photochromic compounds have been widely investigated for optical memory storage and switches. Very recently, we pioneeringly discovered optical control of ferroelectric polarization switching in organic photochromic salicylaldehyde Schiff base and diarylethene derivatives, differently from the traditional ferroelectrics. However, the study of such intriguing photo-triggered ferroelectrics is still in its infancy and relatively scarce. In this manuscript, we synthesized a pair of new organic single-component fulgide isomers, (E and Z)-3-(1-(4-(tert-butyl)phenyl)ethylidene)-4-(propan-2-ylidene)dihydrofuran-2,5-dione (1E and 1Z). They undergo prominent photochromism from yellow to red. Interestingly, only polar 1E has been proven to be ferroelectric, while the centrosymmetric 1Z does not meet the basic requirement for ferroelectricity. Besides, experimental evidence shows that the Z-form can be converted to the E-form by light irradiation. More importantly, the ferroelectric domains of 1E can be manipulated by light in the absence of an electric field, benefiting from the remarkable photoisomerization. 1E also adopts good fatigue resistance to the photocyclization reaction. As far as we know, this is the first example of organic fulgide ferroelectric reported with photo-triggered ferroelectric polarization response. This work has developed a new system for studying photo-triggered ferroelectrics and would also provide an expected perspective on developing ferroelectrics for optical applications in trap future.
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- Ye Du
- College
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan
Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, People’s
Republic of China
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- College
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan
Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, People’s
Republic of China
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- Ordered
Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang
University, Nanchang 330031, People’s
Republic of China
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- Ordered
Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang
University, Nanchang 330031, People’s
Republic of China
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- Ordered
Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang
University, Nanchang 330031, People’s
Republic of China
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- Ordered
Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang
University, Nanchang 330031, People’s
Republic of China
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- College
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan
Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, People’s
Republic of China
- Ordered
Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang
University, Nanchang 330031, People’s
Republic of China
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Liu M, Tian Y, Liu Z. A Strategy to Enhance the Ferroelectric Behavior of MOF-802(Hf) via Doping Zr 4+ Ions. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:8285-8292. [PMID: 37184903 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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MOF ferroelectrics, as a crucial member of molecular ferroelectrics, have shown intriguing advantages owing to the designability of structures and tunability of physicochemical properties, which make them an appealing group of ferroelectric materials. However, the weak ferroelectric property still is a huge challenge for further development. Here, a series of Zr-doped MOF-802(Hf)s were successfully synthesized through doping Zr4+ ions into the parent MOF-802(Hf) to improve ferroelectric properties. The well-shaped P-E hysteresis loops of Zr-doped MOF-802(Hf)s illustrate their ferroelectricity, and ferroelectric properties are effectively enhanced compared with the parent MOF-802(Hf). What's more, remanent polarization reaches 0.511 μC/cm2 when the concentration of Zr4+ ions is 5%, which is 5 times higher than that of the parent MOF-802(Hf) and is on par with some perovskite ferroelectrics. The increased ferroelectric performance is attributed to the enhanced polarity of the whole structure triggered by lattice distortion when Hf4+ ions of the parent MOF-802(Hf) are substituted by Zr4+ ions. As far as we know, this is the first report on Hf-MOF exhibiting improved ferroelectric behaviors through doping metal ions into lattice nodes. This work demonstrates that introducing the second metal ions into lattice nodes of MOFs is an efficacious approach for exploiting MOF ferroelectrics with superior performance.
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- Meiying Liu
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Rare Earth Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P.R. China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Rare Earth Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P.R. China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Physics of Rare Earth Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, P.R. China
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Zhang HY, Zhang N, Zhang Y, Jiang HH, Zeng YL, Tang SY, Li PF, Tang YY, Xiong RG. Ferroelectric Phase Transition Driven by Switchable Covalent Bonds. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:176802. [PMID: 37172248 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.176802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The mechanism on ferroelectric phase transitions is mainly attributed to the displacive and/or order-disorder transition of internal components since the discovery of the ferroelectricity in 1920, rather than the breaking and recombination of chemical bonds. Here, we demonstrate how to utilize the chemical bond rearrangement in a diarylethene-based crystal to realize the light-driven mm2F1-type ferroelectric phase transition. Such a photoinduced phase transition is entirely driven by switchable covalent bonds with breaking and reformation, enabling the reversible light-controllable ferroelectric polarization switching, dielectric and nonlinear optical bistability. Moreover, light as quantized energy can achieve contactless, nondestructive, and remote-control operations. This work proposes a new mechanism of ferroelectric phase transition, and highlights the significance of photochromic molecules in designing new ferroelectrics for photocontrol data storage and sensing.
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- Han-Yue Zhang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China
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An organic-inorganic hybrid thermochromic ferroelastic with multi-channel switches. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.108127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Tan H, Castro G, Lyu J, Loza-Alvarez P, Sánchez F, Fontcuberta J, Fina I. Control of up-to-down/down-to-up light-induced ferroelectric polarization reversal. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2022; 9:2345-2352. [PMID: 35968715 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh00644h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Light control of ferroelectric polarization is of interest for the exploitation of ferroelectric thin films in ultrafast data storage and logic functionalities. The rapidly oscillating electric field of light absorbed in a ferroelectric layer can suppress its polarization but cannot selectively reverse its direction. Here we take advantage of the built-in asymmetry at ferroelectric/electrode interfaces to break the up/down symmetry in uniaxial ferroelectrics to promote polarization reversal under illumination. It is shown that appropriate ferroelectric/metal structures allow the direction of the imprint electric field to be selected, which is instrumental for polarization reversal. This ability is further exploited by demonstrating the optical control of the resistance states in a ferroelectric capacitor.
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- Huan Tan
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain.
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Xu L, Zhang Y, Jiang H, Zhang N, Xiong R, Zhang H. Solvent Selective Effect Occurs in Iodinated Adamantanone Ferroelectrics. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2201702. [PMID: 35470590 PMCID: PMC9218660 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202201702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Organic ferroelectrics, as a type of crystalline compound, are generally solution processing. However, for most crystalline compounds, the changing of solvent would not influence the crystalline phase, let alone their physical performance. Here, the solvent selective effect occurs in the iodinated adamantanone ferroelectrics. By changing the solvent with different polarities, the ferroelectric crystals can be induced in two different phases, which is unprecedented to the knowledge. More strikingly, this solvent-induced transformation could realize the physical performance optimization in the orthorhombic phase (orth-I-OA, obtained from ethanol) with a stronger second harmonic generation (SHG) response, greater piezoelectric coefficient d33 of 5 pC N-1 , and larger spontaneous polarization (Ps ) of 3.43 µC cm-2 than those of monoclinic one (mono-I-OA, obtained from ethyl acetate). Such an intriguing phenomenon might be closely related to solvent polarity. Based on the quantitative and qualitative analyses, the similar interaction energies of these two phases suggest that their transformation could be easily realized via changing the solvent. This work provides new insights into the chemical design and performance optimization of organic ferroelectrics.
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- Lei Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular FerroelectricsSoutheast UniversityNanjing211189P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular FerroelectricsSoutheast UniversityNanjing211189P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular FerroelectricsSoutheast UniversityNanjing211189P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular FerroelectricsSoutheast UniversityNanjing211189P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular FerroelectricsSoutheast UniversityNanjing211189P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of BioelectronicsSchool of Biological Science and Medical EngineeringSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096P. R. China
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Tang YY, Zeng YL, Xiong RG. Contactless Manipulation of Write-Read-Erase Data Storage in Diarylethene Ferroelectric Crystals. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:8633-8640. [PMID: 35535855 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The optical manipulation of polarization has gained widespread attention because it offers a promising route to new contactless memories and switches. However, the current research basically focuses on the photocontrol of data storage rather than data reading, which cannot realize the whole process of contactless write-read-erase data storage. Here, we present a pair of enantiomorphic diarylethene derivative ferroelectric crystals, showing a light-driven phase transition triggered by photoisomerization between the open and closed forms. Under the visible light, they exhibit a binary-domain state in the open form with white color and the band gap of 3.26 eV, while they show a single-domain state in the closed form with blue color and the band gap of 1.68 eV after UV irradiation of 254/365 nm. In addition to writing and erasing ferroelectric domains with light, we can also use light to read their color to determine the polarization state of domains. Moreover, diarylethene derivatives have better thermal stability, higher photoexcited conversion efficiency, and larger changes of the absorption wavelength between two isomers than those in salicylideneaniline derivatives. This work not only discovers the first diarylethene-based ferroelectric crystals but also successfully realizes completely contactless manipulation of write-read-erase data storage in the organic ferroelectric semiconductors.
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- Yuan-Yuan Tang
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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Wang ZX, Chen XG, Song XJ, Zeng YL, Li PF, Tang YY, Liao WQ, Xiong RG. Domain memory effect in the organic ferroics. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2379. [PMID: 35501335 PMCID: PMC9061795 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30085-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Shape memory alloys have been used extensively in actuators, couplings, medical guide wires, and smart devices, because of their unique shape memory effect and superelasticity triggered by the reversible martensitic phase transformations. For ferroic materials, however, almost no memory effects have been found for their ferroic domains after reversible phase transformations. Here, we present a pair of single-component organic enantiomorphic ferroelectric/ferroelastic crystals, (R)- and (S)-N-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene-1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine SA-NPh-(R) and SA-NPh-(S). It is notable that not only can their ferroic domain patterns disappear and reappear during reversible thermodynamic phase transformations, but they can also disappear and reappear during reversible light-driven phase transformations induced by enol-keto photoisomerization, both of which are from P1 to P21 polar space groups. Most importantly, the domain patterns are exactly the same in the initial and final states, demonstrating the existence of a memory effect for the ferroic domains in SA-NPh-(R) and SA-NPh-(S). As far as we are aware, the domain memory effect triggered by both thermodynamic and light-driven ferroelectric/ferroelastic phase transformations remains unexplored in ferroic materials. Thermal and optical control of domain memory effect would open up a fresh research field for smart ferroic materials.
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- Zhong-Xia Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China.
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, People's Republic of China.
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Han LJ, Liu J, Shao T, Jia QQ, Su CY, Fu DW, Lu HF. A Cd-based perovskite with optical-electrical multifunctional response. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj03330e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Two-dimensional (2D) organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (OIHPs) have drawn tremendous attention on account of their structural tunability, simple synthesis mothed, superior properties. Among them, 2D cadmium-based perovskites, exhibiting reversible phase transition,...
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Liao WQ, Zeng YL, Tang YY, Peng H, Liu JC, Xiong RG. Multichannel Control of Multiferroicity in Single-Component Homochiral Organic Crystals. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:21685-21693. [PMID: 34928580 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A ferroelectric/ferroelastic is a material whose spontaneous polarization/strain can be switched by applying an external electric field/mechanical stress. However, the optical control of spontaneous polarization/strain remains relatively unexplored in crystalline materials, although photoirradiation stands out as a nondestructive, noncontact, and remote-controlled stimulus beyond stress or electric field. Here, we present two new organic single-component homochiral photochromic multiferroics, (R)- and (S)-N-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene-1-4-bromophenylethylamine (SA-Ph-Br(R) and SA-Ph-Br(S)), which show a full ferroelectric/ferroelastic phase transition of 222F2 type at 336 K. Under photoirradiation, their spontaneous polarization/strain can be switched quickly within seconds and reversibly between two ferroelectric/ferroelastic phases with the respective enol and trans-keto forms triggered by structural photoisomerizations. In addition, they possess a superior acoustic impedance characteristic with a value of ∼2.42 × 106 kg·s-1·m-2, lower than that of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF, (3.69-4.25) × 106 kg·s-1·m-2), which can better match human tissues. This work realizes for the first time that multiple ferroic orders in single-component organic crystals with ultralow acoustic impedance can be simultaneously controlled and coupled by three physical channels (electric, stress, light fields), suggesting their great potential in multichannel data storage, optoelectronics, and related applications compatible with all-organic electronics and human tissues.
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- Wei-Qiang Liao
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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