Mixed-stack charge transfer crystals of pillar[5]quinone and tetrathiafulvalene exhibiting ferroelectric features
| Title | Mixed-stack charge transfer crystals of pillar[5]quinone and tetrathiafulvalene exhibiting ferroelectric features |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Shivakumar, KI, Swathi, K, Goudappagouda,, Das, TC, Kumar, A, Makde, RD, Vanka, K, Narayan, KS, Babu, SSanthosh, Sanjayan, GJ |
| Journal | Chemistry- A European Journal |
| Volume | 23 |
| Start Page | 12630-12635 |
| Issue | 51 |
| Date Published | SEP |
| ISSN | 0947-6539 |
| Keywords | Acceptor, Charge-transfer complexes, Chemistry, Conductors, DDQ, Donor, ferroelectric, Macrocycles, Organic Metals, Pi-interaction, Pillar[5]quinone, salts, Transfer Complexes, Transport |
| Abstract | Ferroelectric materials find extensive applications in the fabrication of compact memory devices and ultra-sensitive multifunctional detectors. Face-to-face alternate stacking of electron donors and acceptors effectuate long-range unidirectional ordering of charge-transfer (CT) dipoles, promising tunable ferroelectricity. Herein we report a new TTF-quinone system-an emerald green CT complex consisting pillar[5]quinone (P5Q) and tetrathiafulvalene (TTF). The CT crystals, as determined by single crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction, adopt a 1:1 mixed-stack arrangement of donor and acceptor with alternating dimers of TTF and 1,4-dioxane encapsulated P5Q. The TTF-P5Q.dioxane crystal possesses a macroscopic polarization axis giving rise to ferroelectricity at room temperature. The CT complex manifests ferroelectric features such as optical polarization rotation, temperature-dependent phase transition and piezoelectric response in single crystals. Ferroelectric behavior observed in P5Q-based CT complex widens the scope for further work on this structurally intriguing and readily accessible cyclic pentaquinone. |
| DOI | 10.1002/chem.201702577 |
| Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign) | Foreign |
| Impact Factor (IF) | 5.771 |
