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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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Hu ZB, Yang X, Zhang J, Gui LA, Zhang YF, Liu XD, Zhou ZH, Jiang Y, Zhang Y, Dong S, Song Y. Molecular ferroelectric with low-magnetic-field magnetoelectricity at room temperature. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4702. [PMID: 38830878 PMCID: PMC11148071 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49053-y] [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: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Magnetoelectric materials, which encompass coupled magnetic and electric polarizabilities within a single phase, hold great promises for magnetic controlled electronic components or electric-field controlled spintronics. However, the realization of ideal magnetoelectric materials remains tough due to the inborn competion between ferroelectricity and magnetism in both levels of symmetry and electronic structure. Herein, we introduce a methodology for constructing single phase paramagnetic ferroelectric molecule [TMCM][FeCl4], which shows low-magnetic-field magnetoelectricity at room temperature. By applying a low magnetic field (≤1 kOe), the halogen Cl‧‧‧Cl distance and the volume of [FeCl4]- anions could be manipulated. This structural change causes a characteristic magnetostriction hysteresis, resulting in a substantial deformation of ~10-4 along the a-axis under an in-plane magnetic field of 2 kOe. The magnetostrictive effect is further qualitatively simulated by density functional theory calculations. Furthermore, this mechanical deformation significantly dampens the ferroelectric polarization by directly influencing the overall dipole configuration. As a result, it induces a remarkable α31 component (~89 mV Oe-1 cm-1) of the magnetoelectric tensor. And the magnetoelectric coupling, characterized by the change of polarization, reaches ~12% under 40 kOe magnetic field. Our results exemplify a design methodology that enables the creation of room-temperature magnetoelectrics by leveraging the potent effects of magnetostriction.
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- Zhao-Bo Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Chaotic Matter Science Research Center, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry & Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- Advanced Technology Research Institute of Taihu Photon Center, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China.
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- Chaotic Matter Science Research Center, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry & Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- Chaotic Matter Science Research Center, Department of Materials, Metallurgy and Chemistry & Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Materials Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, 341000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Advanced Technology Research Institute of Taihu Photon Center, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China
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- Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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Huang XY, Luo YL, Zhu X, Deng X, Yan X, Wang YJ, Zhou L, Tang YY. A Sn-Based Hybrid Ferroelastic Semiconductor with High-Temperature Dielectric Switching. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:2525-2532. [PMID: 38252455 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Organic-inorganic halide hybrids have been extensively developed and used in optoelectronic devices because of their superior performance such as ease of assembly, flexible structural tunability, and excellent optoelectronic properties. Ferroelastic strain might be used to modulate and control photoelectric properties such as photovoltaic voltage, while organic-inorganic hybrid ferroelastic semiconductors remain relatively unexplored. Herein, we successfully design a new Sn-base, lead-free hybrid ferroelastic semiconductor, [TPMA]2[SnCl6] (TPMA = benzyl trimethylammonium). It undergoes a high-temperature -3mF-1-type ferroelastic phase transition at 408 K, and intriguingly, its ferroelastic domains can be simultaneously switched under the stimulation of external heat and stress. The ferroelastic phase transition might be derived from the order-disorder transition of organic cations during heating and cooling. Moreover, [TPMA]2[SnCl6] also demonstrates a high-temperature dielectric switching property around 408 K, which has good stability and reproducibility. With those benefits, [TPMA]2[SnCl6] shows great potential in applications such as energy storage devices, optoelectronic devices, shape memory, intelligent switches, and so on.
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- Xiao-Yun Huang
- 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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Zhang H, Guo W, Du W, Peng Z, Wei Z, Cai H. A Metal-Free Molecular Ferroelectric [4-Me-cyclohexylamine]ClO 4 Introduced by Boat and Chair Conformations of Cyclohexylamine. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202302671. [PMID: 37920946 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302671] [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: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Organic ferroelectrics have received a great deal of interest due to their exclusive properties. However, organic ferroelectrics have not been fully explored, which hinders their practical application. Here, we presented a novel metal-free organic molecular ferroelectric [4-MCHA][ClO4 ] (1) (4-MCHA=trans-4-methylcyclohexylamine), which exhibits an above-room-temperature of 328 K. Strikingly, the single crystal structure analysis of 1 shows that the driving force of phase transition is related to the interesting chair-boat conformation change of 4-MCHA cation, in addition to the order-disorder transition of ClO4 - anion. Using piezoelectric response force microscopy (PFM), the presence of domains and the implemented polarization switching were clearly observed, which explicitly determined the presence of room-temperature ferroelectricity of 1. As far as we know, the ferroelectric phase transition mechanism attributed to the conformational change in a trans isomeric cation is very rare. This research enriched the path of designing ferroelectric materials and smart materials.
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- Haina Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, 330031, Jiangxi Province, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, 330031, Jiangxi Province, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, 330031, Jiangxi Province, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, 330031, Jiangxi Province, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, 330031, Jiangxi Province, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, 330031, Jiangxi Province, P. R. China
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Su SQ, Wu SQ, Kanegawa S, Yamamoto K, Sato O. Control of electronic polarization via charge ordering and electron transfer: electronic ferroelectrics and electronic pyroelectrics. Chem Sci 2023; 14:10631-10643. [PMID: 37829034 PMCID: PMC10566498 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03432a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Ferroelectric, pyroelectric, and piezoelectric compounds whose electric polarization properties can be controlled by external stimuli such as electric field, temperature, and pressure have various applications, including ferroelectric memory materials, sensors, and thermal energy-conversion devices. Numerous polarization switching compounds, particularly molecular ferroelectrics and pyroelectrics, have been developed. In these materials, the polarization switching usually proceeds via ion displacement and reorientation of polar molecules, which are responsible for the change in ionic polarization and orientational polarization, respectively. Recently, the development of electronic ferroelectrics, in which the mechanism of polarization change is charge ordering and electron transfer, has attracted great attention. In this article, representative examples of electronic ferroelectrics are summarized, including (TMTTF)2X (TMTTF = tetramethyl-tetrathiafulvalene, X = anion), α-(BEDT-TTF)2I3 (BEDT-TTF = bis(ethylenedithio)-tetrathiafulvalene), TTF-CA (TTF = tetrathiafulvalene, CA = p-chloranil), and [(n-C3H7)4N][FeIIIFeII(dto)3] (dto = 1,2-dithiooxalate = C2O2S2). Furthermore, polarization switching materials using directional electron transfer in nonferroelectrics, the so-called electronic pyroelectrics, such as [(Cr(SS-cth))(Co(RR-cth))(μ-dhbq)](PF6)3 (dhbq = deprotonated 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, cth = 5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraaza-cyclotetradecane), are introduced. Future prospects are also discussed, particularly the development of new properties in polarization switching through the manipulation of electronic polarization in electronic ferroelectrics and electronic pyroelectrics by taking advantage of the inherent properties of electrons.
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- Sheng-Qun Su
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, Okayama University of Science Okayama 700-0005 Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering & IRCCS, Kyushu University 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku Fukuoka 819-0395 Japan
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Kanetomo T, Yokoyama K, Suzuki Y, Ida H, Okazawa A, Enomoto M. Investigation of the unique magnetic behaviours of isomers in a 1,2-dithiooxalato-bridged diiron(II) complex. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:12496-12503. [PMID: 37603426 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01992f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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1,2-Dithiooxalate (dto) can be employed as a bridging ligand and it exhibits symmetric (O,S-chelation) or asymmetric (O,O- and S,S-chelation) coordination forms. In this study, we prepared a novel dto-bridged diiron(II) complex, [{Fe(TPA)}2(μ-dto)](ClO4)2 (1), where TPA is tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine. Interestingly, the bridging dto ligand exhibited not only the asymmetric form but also a linkage isomer and a diastereomer within the same crystal. Notably, the three isomers of 1 exhibited different magnetic properties, resulting in a multi-step spin crossover behaviour.
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- Takuya Kanetomo
- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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Zhang X, Xu WH, Zheng W, Su SQ, Huang YB, Shui Q, Ji T, Uematsu M, Chen Q, Tokunaga M, Gao K, Okazawa A, Kanegawa S, Wu SQ, Sato O. Magnetoelectricity Enhanced by Electron Redistribution in a Spin Crossover [FeCo] Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:15647-15651. [PMID: 37462373 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Molecular-based magnetoelectric materials are among the most promising materials for next-generation magnetoelectric memory devices. However, practical application of existing molecular systems has proven difficult largely because the polarization change is far lower than the practical threshold of the ME memory devices. Herein, we successfully obtained an [FeCo] dinuclear complex that exhibits a magnetic field-induced spin crossover process, resulting in a significant polarization change of 0.45 μC cm-2. Mössbauer spectroscopy and theoretical calculations suggest that the asymmetric structural change, coupled with electron redistribution, leads to the observed polarization change. Our approach provides a new strategy toward rationally enhancing the polarization change.
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- Xiaopeng Zhang
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Japan
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- Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8581, Japan
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- College of Physical Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, 225009, China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Bioscience, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering and IRCCS, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Taniai R, Endo T, Kanetomo T, Okazawa A, Kadobayashi H, Kawaguchi SI, Enomoto M. 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and high-pressure structural analysis for the mechanism of pressure-induced unique magnetic behaviour in (cation)[Fe IIFe III(dto) 3] (cation = Ph 4P and nPrPh 3P; dto = 1,2-dithiooxalato). Dalton Trans 2023; 52:8368-8375. [PMID: 37264672 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00858d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A mixed-valence iron(II,III) coordination polymer, (Ph4P)[FeIIFeIII(dto)3] (2; Ph4P = tetraphenylphosphonium, dto = 1,2-dithiooxalato), exhibits a thermal hysteresis loop and a low temperature shift of the ferromagnetic phase transition temperature, with increasing pressure. The latter magnetic behaviour can also be observed in a novel compound (nPrPh3P)[FeIIFeIII(dto)3] (3; nPrPh3P = n-propyltriphenylphosphonium). To understand the structural information under pressure, we performed high-pressure powder X-ray diffraction, and the result suggests that there was no structural phase transition for either compound. Considering the 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy studies, both 2 and 3 may have a high transition entropy, and this finding is caused by pressure-induced unique magnetic behaviours.
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- Ryosuke Taniai
- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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- Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), SPring-8, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), SPring-8, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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Liu X, Liu Q, Zhao H, Zhuang G, Ren Y, Liu T, Long L, Zheng L. Magnetoelectric effect generated through electron transfer from organic radical to metal ion. Natl Sci Rev 2023; 10:nwad059. [PMID: 37200675 PMCID: PMC10187783 DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
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Magnetoelectric (ME) materials induced by electron transfer are extremely rare. Electron transfer in these materials invariably occurs between the metal ions. In contrast, ME properties induced by electron transfer from an organic radical to a metal ion have never been observed. Here, we report the ME coupling effect in a mononuclear molecule-based compound [(CH3)3NCH2CH2Br][Fe(Cl2An)2(H2O)2] (1) [Cl2An = chloranilate, (CH3)3NCH2CH2Br+ = (2-bromoethyl)trimethylammonium]. Investigation of the mechanism revealed that the ME coupling effect is realized through electron transfer from the Cl2An to the Fe ion. Measurement of the magnetodielectric (MD) coefficient of 1 indicated a positive MD of up to ∼12% at 103.0 Hz and 370 K, which is very different from that of ME materials with conventional electron transfer for which the MD is generally negative. Thus, the current work not only presents a novel ME coupling mechanism, but also opens a new route to the synthesis of ME coupling materials.
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- Xiaolin Liu
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Zhou Y, Moorthy S, Wei XQ, Singh SK, Tian Z, Shao D. A porous cobalt(II)-organic framework exhibiting high room temperature proton conductivity and field-induced slow magnetic relaxation. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:909-918. [PMID: 36594631 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03383f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A two-dimensional (2D) cobalt(II) metal-organic framework (MOF) constructed by a ditopic organic ligand, formulated as {[Co(Hbic)(H2O)]·4H2O}n (1) (H2bic = 1H-benzimidazole-5-carboxylic acid), was hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction shows that the distorted octahedral Co2+ ions, as coordination nodes, are bridged to form 2D honeycomb networks, which are further organized into a 3D supramolecular porous framework through multiple hydrogen bonds and interlayer π-π interactions. Dynamic crystallography experiments reveal the anisotropic thermal expansion behavior of the lattice, suggesting a flexible hydrogen-bonded 3D framework. Interestingly, hydrogen-bonded (H2O)4 tetramers were found to be located in porous channels, yielding 1D proton transport pathways. As a result, the compound exhibited a high room-temperature proton conductivity of 1.6 × 10-4 S cm-1 under a relative humidity of 95% through a Grotthuss mechanism. Magnetic investigations combined with theoretical calculations reveal giant easy-plane magnetic anisotropy of the distorted octahedral Co2+ ions with the experimental and computed D values being 87.1 and 109.3 cm-1, respectively. In addition, the compound exhibits field-induced slow magnetic relaxation behavior at low temperatures with an effective energy barrier of Ueff = 45.2 cm-1. Thus, the observed electrical and magnetic properties indicate a rare proton conducting SIM-MOF. The foregoing results provide a unique bifunctional cobalt(II) framework material and suggest a promising way to achieve magnetic and electrical properties using a supramolecular framework platform.
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- Yue Zhou
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502285, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, Shanxi Province Collaborative Innovation Center for Light Materials Modification and Application, Jinzhong University, Jinzhong, 030619, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502285, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, P. R. China.
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, P. R. China. .,State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. 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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Zeng YL, Ai Y, Tang SY, Song XJ, Chen XG, Tang YY, Zhang ZX, You YM, Xiong RG, Zhang HY. Axial-Chiral BINOL Multiferroic Crystals with Coexistence of Ferroelectricity and Ferroelasticity. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:19559-19566. [PMID: 36222219 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c08667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chirality exists everywhere from natural amino acids to particle physics. The introduction of point chirality has recently been shown to be an efficient strategy for the construction of molecular ferroelectrics. In contrast to point chirality, however, axial chirality is rarely used to design ferroelectrics so far. Here, based on optically active 1,1'-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL), which has been applied extensively as a versatile chiral reagent in asymmetric catalysis, chiral recognition, and optics, we successfully design a pair of axial-chiral BINOL multiferroics, (R)-BINOL-DIPASi and (S)-BINOL-DIPASi. They experience a 2F1-type full ferroelectric/ferroelastic phase transition at a high temperature of 362 and 363 K, respectively. Piezoelectric force microscopy and polarization-voltage hysteresis loops demonstrate their ferroelectric domains and domain switching, and polarized light microscopy visualizes the evolution of stripe-shaped ferroelastic domains. The axial-chiral BINOL building block promotes the generation of the polar structure and ferroelectricity, and the organosilicon component increases the rotational energy barrier and thus the phase transition temperature. This work presents the first axial-chiral high-temperature multiferroic crystals, offering an efficient path for designing molecular multiferroics through the introduction of axial chirality.
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- Yu-Ling Zeng
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang330031, People's Republic of China
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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang330031, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing211189, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing211189, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing211189, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, Southeast University, Nanjing211189, People's Republic of China
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From an antiferromagnetic insulator to a strongly correlated metal in square-lattice MCl 2(pyrazine) 2 coordination solids. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5766. [PMID: 36180432 PMCID: PMC9525593 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33342-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Electronic synergy between metal ions and organic linkers is a key to engineering molecule-based materials with a high electrical conductivity and, ultimately, metallicity. To enhance conductivity in metal-organic solids, chemists aim to bring the electrochemical potentials of the constituent metal ions and bridging organic ligands closer in a quest to obtain metal-d and ligand-π admixed frontier bands. Herein, we demonstrate the critical role of the metal ion in tuning the electronic ground state of such materials. While VCl2(pyrazine)2 is an electrical insulator, TiCl2(pyrazine)2 displays the highest room-temperature electronic conductivity (5.3 S cm-1) for any metal-organic solid involving octahedrally coordinated metal ions. Notably, TiCl2(pyrazine)2 exhibits Pauli paramagnetism consistent with the specific heat, supporting the existence of a Fermi liquid state (i.e., a correlated metal). This result widens perspectives for designing molecule-based systems with strong metal-ligand covalency and electronic correlations.
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Liu XL, Zhang XY, Zhao HX, Long LS, Zheng LS. Thermally induced charge transfer in a quinoid-bridged linear Cu 3 compound. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:13826-13830. [PMID: 36039876 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01980a] [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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Charge transfer always occurs in molecular valence tautomers, leading to the redistribution of electron density and exhibiting electrical, optical, and magnetic properties, and can be further controlled by multiple external stimuli such as temperature, light and electric field. The design of molecule-based materials capable of charge transfer remains a challenge. Herein, a linear Cu3 compound [(CH3)3NCH2CH2Br]2[Cu3L4(H2O)2] (H2L = chloranilic acid) (1) with a multi-center donor-acceptor architecture was constructed using the redox-active chloranilic acid quinoid ligand. Temperature-dependent dielectric measurement was performed to capture the charge transfer valence tautomer transition because it is difficult to detect this transition by crystal structure and magnetism analysis. Temperature-dependent XPS and EPR further confirmed that the charge transfer valence tautomer transition is based on the CuII-L2- to CuI-L-˙ multi-center charge transfer. Thus, the present work builds a charge transfer compound with a multi-center donor-acceptor architecture and proves that dielectric measurement is a very effective means to detect charge transfer.
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- Xiao-Lin Liu
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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Akiyoshi R, Hayami S. Ferroelectric coordination metal complexes based on structural and electron dynamics. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:8309-8321. [PMID: 35838153 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc02484e] [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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Ferroelectrics that display electrically invertible polarisation are attractive materials because of their potential for wide-ranging applications. To date, considerable effort has thus been devoted towards developing ferroelectric materials, particularly those comprising organic/inorganic compounds. In these systems, structural dynamics such as atomic displacement and reorientation of polar ions/molecules play a key role in the generation of reversible spontaneous polarisation. Although there are many reports concerned with organic/inorganic ferroelectrics, ferroelectrics based on coordination metal complexes have been largely unexplored despite their often unique electronic and spin state properties. In this feature article, we discuss recent progress involving coordination metal complex-based ferroelectrics where the reversible polarisation originates not only from structural dynamics (represented by proton transfer, molecular motion, and liquid crystalline behaviour) but also from electron dynamics (represented by electron transfer and spin crossover phenomena) occurring at the metal centre. Furthermore, unique synergy effects (i.e. magnetoelectric coupling) resulting from the structural and electron dynamics are described. We believe that this review pertaining to ferroelectric coordination metal complexes provides new insights for fabricating further advanced functional materials such as multiferroics and spintronics.
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- Ryohei Akiyoshi
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
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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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Hu Y, Adhikari D, Dong X, Ali AH, Zhang P, Sambandamurthy G, Ren S. High-Endurance Magneto-Electronic Switchable Molecular Electronic Crystal. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:3151-3156. [PMID: 35289623 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrically switchable magnetic and electronic properties are promising for quantum sensing and information technology. Here, we report an electrically driven magnetic and electronic phase transition in molecular electronic crystal, potassium-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethan, with the magneto-electric switching over 105 cycles at room temperature. Electron spin resonance study reveals the cooperative transition between spin and charge degrees of freedom. In addition, the mechanistic spectroscopy studies suggest the charges in an inhomogeneous conductor-insulator mixed state. The findings shown here suggest electrically controlled ordering in strongly correlated molecular crystal leads to dynamic magneto-electric switching, paving the way for developing molecular-based memory and switching devices.
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- Yong Hu
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Physics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Physics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
- Department of Radiology and Sonar Techniques, Ibn Khaldoon Private University College, Baghdad 10081, Iraq
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Physics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
- Research and Education in Energy Environment and Water Institute, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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Zhang L, Tang C, Sanvito S, Gu Y, Du A. Hydrogen-Intercalated 2D Magnetic Bilayer: Controlled Magnetic Phase Transition and Half-Metallicity via Ferroelectric Switching. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:1800-1806. [PMID: 34962753 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c21848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrically controlled magnetism in two-dimensional (2D) multiferroics is highly desirable for both fundamental research and the future development of low-power nanodevices. Herein, inspired by the recently experimentally realized 2D antiferromagnetic MnPSe3 [ Nat. Nanotechnol. 2021, 16 (7), 782] and guided by a heteromagnetic structural design, we engineer strong magnetoelectric coupling in a hydrogen-intercalated 2D MnPSe3 bilayer. Hydrogen functionalization breaks the centrosymmetry of bilayer MnPSe3, leading to out-of-plane ferroelectricity. Moreover, there is a phase transition from antiferromagnetic semiconductor to ferromagnetic half-metal in the H-bonded MnPSe3 layer, while the other remains antiferromagnetic and semiconducting. When reversing the electrical polarization, the intercalated H atom can flip between the top and bottom layers with an ultralow switching barrier, which allows one to tune the magnetic order and conductivity of the individual layers via an external electric field. Our results pave a new avenue to realize strong magnetoelectric coupling in single-phase multiferroic material. The ferroelectricity-controlled magnetic phase transition and half-metallicity offer promising applications in nanoscale spintronics such as electrically written and magnetically read memories.
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- Lei Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Physics and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2 D02 PN40, Ireland
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- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
- Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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Ferroic phase transition molecular crystals (FPTMCs), i.e., ferroelectrics and ferroelastics, are an important family of functional molecular materials, having merits of easy synthesis, structural tunability and flexibility, and biocompatibility. Both...
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Zou K, Zhang T, Ding K, Cheng SN, Zhang Y, Ge JZ, Fu DW. Solvent-induced reversible high-temperature phase transition in crown ether clathrates. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00642a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The phase transitions of crown ether complexes with molecular motor motion triggered by the solvent-induced effect are reported.
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- Ke Zou
- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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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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Di FF, Zhou L, Chen WJ, Liu JC, Peng H, Tang SY, Yu H, Liao WQ, Wang ZX. Room-temperature dielectric switching in a host–guest crown ether inclusion complex. Inorg Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1qi00959a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using the “momentum matching” theory, we have designed a new host–guest crown ether inclusion complex, which exhibits prominent room temperature bistable dielectric switching.
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- Fang-Fang Di
- 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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- Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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