A novel TGS-like inorganic-organic hybrid and a preliminary investigation of its possible ferroelectric behavior.
The homochiral inorganic-organic hybrid compound (H(3)NHPA)(SnCl(3))(2)(H(2)O)(3) [1, (S)-4-(4'-aminophenyl)-2-aminobutanoic acid diammonium trichloride stannite triaqua] has a TGS (triglycine sulfate)-like structure. Preliminary investigation suggests a possible ferroelectric behavior with a saturation spontaneous polarization (P(s)) of ca. 3.5 microC.cm(-)(2), which is slightly greater than that of TGS (P(s) = 3.0 microC.cm(-)(2)).
Li
Yong-Hua
YH
Coordination Chemistry Institute, The State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, P. R. China.
Qu
Zhi-Rong
ZR
Zhao
Hong
H
Ye
Qiong
Q
Xing
Li-Xin
LX
Wang
Xi-Sen
XS
Xiong
Ren-Gen
RG
You
Xiao-Zeng
XZ