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Above room-temperature dielectric and nonlinear optical switching materials based on [(CH3)3S]2[MBr4] (M = Cd, Mn and
Xiao-Gang Chen1, Yao-Zu Zhang1, Dong-Sheng Sun1
1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China. weiqiangliao@seu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
In this paper, three zero-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid compounds [(CH3)3S]2[CdBr4] (1), [(CH3)3S]2[MnBr4] (2) and [(CH3)3S]2[ZnBr4] (3) were synthesized. The phase transition behavior of 1, 2 and 3 was well characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and variable temperature single crystal diffraction measurements. The phase transition temperature of 1, 2 and 3 was at ca. 315 K in the heating process. The vigorous ordered-disordered reorientation and displacement motion of [(Me3)3S]+ and [MBr4]2- of 1, 2 and 3 induce the structural phase transition from the centrosymmetric (CS) space group Pnma to the non-centrosymmetric (NCS) space group P212121. The apparent second-harmonic generation (SHG) switching responses further confirm this CS to NCS symmetry breaking. Moreover, dielectric studies illustrate that 1, 2 and 3 display distinctly switchable dielectric behavior, revealing their potential application in dielectric switches. This finding suggests that sulfonium-based organic-inorganic hybrids can be used to build phase transition materials, broadening the way for exploring dielectric and nonlinear optical (NLO) switching materials.
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