Multiferroic homochiral metal-organic framework.
The hydrothermal reaction of (L)-ethyl lactate (Lig-Et) with Tb(ClO(4))(3).6H(2)O gives colorless block (Lig)(2)Tb(H(2)O)(2)(ClO(4)) (1), in which 1 displays a laminar 2D framework. Ferroelectric and magnetic property measurements reveal that 1 probably is the first example of two "ferroic" metal-organic frameworks. Ferroelectricity of its analogue, (Lig)(2)Tb(D(2)O)(2)(ClO(4)) (2), further confirms the presence of the ferroelectric deuterium effect.
Ye
Qiong
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Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China. yeqiong@seu.edu.cn
Fu
Da-Wei
DW
Tian
Hang
H
Xiong
Ren-Gen
RG
Chan
Philip Wai Hong
PW
Huang
Songping D
SD