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Jin ML, Han XB, Liu CD, Chai CY, Jing CQ, Wang W, Fan CC, Zhang JM, Zhang W. Room-Temperature Anisotropic Actuation Driven by a Synergistic Order-Disorder and Displacive Phase Transition in a Ferroelectric Crystal. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6336-6344. [PMID: 38381858 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Actuating materials convert different forms of energy into mechanical responses. To satisfy various application scenarios, they are desired to have rich categories, novel functionalities, clear structure-property relationships, fast responses, and, in particular, giant and reversible shape changes. Herein, we report a phase transition-driven ferroelectric crystal, (rac-3-HOPD)PbI3 (3-HOPD = 3-hydroxypiperidine cation), showing intriguingly large and anisotropic room-temperature actuating behaviors. The crystal consists of rigid one-dimensional [PbI3] anionic chains running along the a-axis and discrete disk-like cations loosely wrapping around the chains, leaving room for anisotropic shape changes in both the b- and c-axes. The shape change is switched by a ferroelectric phase transition occurring at around room temperature (294 K), driven by the exceptionally synergistic order-disorder and displacive phase transition. The rotation of the cations exerts internal pressure on the stacking structure to trigger an exceptionally large displacement of the inorganic chains, corresponding to a crystal lattice transformation with length changes of +24.6% and -17.5% along the b- and c-axis, respectively. Single crystal-based prototype devices of circuit switches and elevators have been fabricated by exploiting the unconventional negative temperature-dependent actuating behaviors. This work provides a new model for the development of multifunctional mechanically responsive materials.
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- Ming-Liang Jin
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Li QL, Zhao M, Hao RJ, Wei J, Wang XX, Yang C, Zhao M, Tan YH, Tang YZ. High-Temperature Phase Transition with Switchable Dielectric Behavior and Significant Photoluminescence Changes in a Zero-Dimensional Hybrid SbBr 6 Perovskite. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:3411-3417. [PMID: 38311915 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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In the past decade, metal halide materials have been favored by many researchers because of their excellent physical and chemical properties under thermal, electrical, and light stimuli, such as ferroelectricity, dielectric, nonlinearity, fluorescence, and semiconductors, greatly promoting their application in optoelectronic devices. In this study, we successfully constructed an unleaded organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite crystal: [Cl-C6H4-(CH2)2NH3]3SbBr6 (1), which underwent a high-temperature reversible phase transition near Tp = 368 K. The phase transition behavior of 1 was characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, accompanied by a thermal hysteresis of 6 K. In addition, variable-temperature Raman spectroscopy analysis and PXRD further verified the sensitivity of 1 to temperature and the phase transition from low symmetry to high symmetry. Temperature-dependent dielectric testing shows that 1 can be a sensitive switching dielectric constant switching material. Remarkably, 1 exhibits strong photoluminescence emission with a wavelength of 478 nm and a narrow band gap of 2.7 eV in semiconductors. As the temperature increases and decreases, fluorescence undergoes significant changes, especially near Tc, which further confirms the reversible phase transition of 1. All of these findings provide new avenues for designing and assembling new phase change materials with high Tp and photoluminescence properties.
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- Qiao-Lin Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000, China
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Fan CC, Liu CD, Liang BD, Wang W, Jin ML, Chai CY, Jing CQ, Ju TY, Han XB, Zhang W. Tuning ferroelectric phase transition temperature by enantiomer fraction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1464. [PMID: 38368439 PMCID: PMC10874439 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45986-6] [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: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024] Open
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Tuning phase transition temperature is one of the central issues in phase transition materials. Herein, we report a case study of using enantiomer fraction engineering as a promising strategy to tune the Curie temperature (TC) and related properties of ferroelectrics. A series of metal-halide perovskite ferroelectrics (S-3AMP)x(R-3AMP)1-xPbBr4 was synthesized where 3AMP is the 3-(aminomethyl)piperidine divalent cation and enantiomer fraction x varies between 0 and 1 (0 and 1 = enantiomers; 0.5 = racemate). With the change of the enantiomer fraction, the TC, second-harmonic generation intensity, degree of circular polarization of photoluminescence, and photoluminescence intensity of the materials have been tuned. Particularly, when x = 0.70 - 1, a continuously linear tuning of the TC is achieved, showing a tunable temperature range of about 73 K. This strategy provides an effective means and insights for regulating the phase transition temperature and chiroptical properties of functional materials.
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- Chang-Chun Fan
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, 211189, Nanjing, China.
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Barman S, Pal A, Mukherjee A, Paul S, Datta A, Ghosh S. Supramolecular Organic Ferroelectric Materials from Donor-Acceptor Systems. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303120. [PMID: 37941296 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303120] [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: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Organic ferroelectric (FE) materials, though known for more than a century, are yet to reach close to the benchmark of inorganic or hybrid materials in terms of the magnitude of polarization. Amongst the different classes of organic systems, donor (D)-acceptor (A) charge-transfer (CT) complexes are recognized as promising for ferroelectricity owing to their neutral-to-ionic phase transition at low temperature. This review presents an overview of different supramolecular D-A systems that have been explored for FE phase transitions. The discussion begins with a general introduction of ferroelectricity and its different associated parameters. Then it moves on to show early examples of CT cocrystals that have shown FE properties at sub-ambient temperature. Subsequently, recent developments in the field of room temperature (RT) ferroelectricity, exhibited by H-bond-stabilized lock-arm supramolecular-ordering (LASO) in D-A co-crystals or other FE CT-crystals devoid of neutral-ionic phase transition are discussed. Then the discussion moves on to emerging reports on other D-A soft materials such as gel and foldable polymers; finally it shows very recent developments in ferroelectricity in supramolecular assemblies of single-component dipolar or ambipolar π-systems, exhibiting intra-molecular charge transfer. The effects of structural nuances such as H-bonding, balanced charge transfer and chirality on the observed ferroelectricity is described with the available examples. Finally, piezoelectricity in recently reported ambipolar ADA-type systems are discussed to highlight the future potential of these soft materials in micropower energy harvesting.
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- Shubhankar Barman
- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
- Technical Research Center, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
- Technical Research Center, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, 2 A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, 700032, Kolkata, India
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Jiang HH, Song XJ, Lv HP, Chen XG, Xiong RG, Zhang HY. Observation of Ferroelectric Lithography on Biodegradable PLA Films. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2307936. [PMID: 37907064 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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Ferroelectric lithography, which can purposefully control and pattern ferroelectric domains in the micro-/nanometer scale, has extensive applications in data memories, field-effect transistors, race-track memory, tunneling barriers, and integrated biochemical sensors. In pursuit of mechanical flexibility and light weight, organic ferroelectric polymers such as poly(vinylidene fluoride) are developed; however, they still suffer from complicated stretching processes of film fabrication and poor degradability. These poor features severely hinder their applications. Here, the ferroelectric lithography on the biocompatible and biodegradable poly(lactic acid) (PLA) thin films at room temperature is demonstrated. The semicrystalline PLA thin film can be easily fabricated through the melt-casting method, and the desired domain structures can be precisely written according to the predefined patterns. Most importantly, the coercive voltage (Vc ) of PLA thin film is relatively low (lower than 30 V) and can be further reduced with the decrease of the film thickness. These intriguing behaviors combined with satisfying biodegradability make PLA thin film a desirable candidate for ferroelectric lithography and enable its future application in the field of bioelectronics and biomedicine. This work sheds light on further exploration of ferroelectric lithography on other polymer ferroelectrics as well as their application as nanostructured devices.
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- Huan-Huan Jiang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, 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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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biomaterials and Devices, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, 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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