Dimension-Dependent Phase Transitions, Ferroelasticity, and Photoluminescence in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials

Peng Cao1, Yu-Ting Liu1, Jin-Tao Men1

  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, People's Republic of China.

Inorganic Chemistry
|October 2, 2023
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