Doped liquid nitrobenzene is ferroelectric.
The high resolution hyper-Rayleigh light scattering spectrum for liquid nitrobenzene doped with triflic acid (CF(3)SO(3)H) shows a narrow spike at zero frequency shift which has the polarization signature of a polar longitudinal collective mode. This spectral spike disappears for pure nitrobenzene. The spectral spike is interpreted as due to ferroelectric domains in the liquid. The dopant molecules appear to induce ferroelectric organization of the nitrobenzene molecules which is otherwise absent in the pure liquid. Estimated domain size is 34 nm and relaxation time is 50 ns.
Physics Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4002, USA. shelton@physics.unlv.edu
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