Mixed-stack charge transfer crystals of pillar[5]quinone and tetrathiafulvalene exhibiting ferroelectric features

TitleMixed-stack charge transfer crystals of pillar[5]quinone and tetrathiafulvalene exhibiting ferroelectric features
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsShivakumar, KI, Swathi, K, Goudappagouda,, Das, TC, Kumar, A, Makde, RD, Vanka, K, Narayan, KS, Babu, SSanthosh, Sanjayan, GJ
JournalChemistry- A European Journal
Volume23
Start Page12630-12635
Issue51
Date PublishedSEP
ISSN0947-6539
KeywordsAcceptor, Charge-transfer complexes, Chemistry, Conductors, DDQ, Donor, ferroelectric, Macrocycles, Organic Metals, Pi-interaction, Pillar[5]quinone, salts, Transfer Complexes, Transport
Abstract

Ferroelectric materials find extensive applications in the fabrication of compact memory devices and ultra-sensitive multifunctional detectors. Face-to-face alternate stacking of electron donors and acceptors effectuate long-range unidirectional ordering of charge-transfer (CT) dipoles, promising tunable ferroelectricity. Herein we report a new TTF-quinone system-an emerald green CT complex consisting pillar[5]quinone (P5Q) and tetrathiafulvalene (TTF). The CT crystals, as determined by single crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction, adopt a 1:1 mixed-stack arrangement of donor and acceptor with alternating dimers of TTF and 1,4-dioxane encapsulated P5Q. The TTF-P5Q.dioxane crystal possesses a macroscopic polarization axis giving rise to ferroelectricity at room temperature. The CT complex manifests ferroelectric features such as optical polarization rotation, temperature-dependent phase transition and piezoelectric response in single crystals. Ferroelectric behavior observed in P5Q-based CT complex widens the scope for further work on this structurally intriguing and readily accessible cyclic pentaquinone.

DOI10.1002/chem.201702577
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)

5.771

Divison category: 
Organic Chemistry

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