Symmetry breaking in molecular ferroelectrics

PP Shi, YY Tang, PF Li, WQ Liao, ZX Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferroelectrics are inseparable from symmetry breaking. Accompanying the paraelectric-to-
ferroelectric phase transition, the paraelectric phase adopting one of the 32 crystallographic …

Inorganic–organic hybrid molecular materials: from multiferroic to magnetoelectric

XL Liu, D Li, HX Zhao, XW Dong, LS Long… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic–organic hybrid molecular multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials, similar to
multiferroic oxide compounds, have recently attracted increasing attention because they …

Metal-free three-dimensional perovskite ferroelectrics

HY Ye, YY Tang, PF Li, WQ Liao, JX Gao, XN Hua… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Inorganic perovskite ferroelectrics are widely used in nonvolatile memory elements,
capacitors, and sensors because of their excellent ferroelectric and other properties. Organic …

A molecular perovskite solid solution with piezoelectricity stronger than lead zirconate titanate

WQ Liao, D Zhao, YY Tang, Y Zhang, PF Li, PP Shi… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Piezoelectric materials produce electricity when strained, making them ideal for different
types of sensing applications. The most effective piezoelectric materials are ceramic solid …

Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling in a molecular ferroelectric ytterbium (III) complex

J Long, MS Ivanov, VA Khomchenko, E Mamontova… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Magnetoelectric (ME) materials combine magnetic and electric polarizabilities in the same
phase, offering a basis for developing high-density data storage and spintronic or low …

Biodegradable ferroelectric molecular crystal with large piezoelectric response

HY Zhang, YY Tang, ZX Gu, P Wang, XG Chen, HP Lv… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Transient implantable piezoelectric materials are desirable for biosensing, drug delivery,
tissue regeneration, and antimicrobial and tumor therapy. For use in the human body, they …

[NH 2 NH 3][M (HCOO) 3](M= Mn 2+, Zn 2+, Co 2+ and Mg 2+): structural phase transitions, prominent dielectric anomalies and negative thermal expansion, and …

S Chen, R Shang, KL Hu, ZM Wang… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report here a new class of ammonium metal–formate frameworks of [NH2NH3][M
(HCOO) 3](M= Mn2+, Zn2+, Co2+ and Mg2+) incorporating hydrazinium as the cationic …

Bistable molecular materials with dynamic structures

ZS Yao, Z Tang, J Tao - Chemical communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of molecular materials whose physical properties can be switched
between different states has attracted significant attention for their potential application in …

Observation of magnetodielectric effect in a dysprosium-based single-molecule magnet

YX Wang, Y Ma, Y Chai, W Shi, Y Sun… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Materials that possess coupled magnetic and electric properties are of significant interest
because of their potential use in next-generation magnetoelectric devices such as digital …

Coexistence of magnetic and electric orderings in a divalent Cr 2+-based multiaxial molecular ferroelectric

Y Ai, R Sun, YL Zeng, JC Liu, YY Tang, BW Wang… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiferroic materials have attracted great interest because of their underlying new science
and promising applications in data storage and mutual control devices. However, they are …