title: Multiferroic homochiral metal-organic framework.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ordered Matter Science Research Center, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China. yeqiong@seu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Da-Wei
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Ren-Gen
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Philip Wai Hong
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Songping D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Huang