Scavenging energy sources using ferroelectric materials

H Li, CR Bowen, Y Yang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroelectric materials have attracted interest for over a hundred years as a result of their
spontaneous polarization and a polarization orientation that can be reversed by the …

Evaluating refractive index and birefringence of nonlinear optical crystals: Classical methods and new developments

Q Shi, L Dong, Y Wang - Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials play an increasingly important role in laser technology.
Birefringence is one of the most important parameters for NLO materials to realize angle …

A compilation of accurate structural parameters for KDP and DKDP, and a users' guide to their crystal structures

RJ Nelmes, Z Tun, WF Kuhs - Ferroelectrics, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
Accurate fractional coordinates,(harmonic) thermal parameters and lattice parameters are
presented for KDP (KH2PO4) at 293 K, Tc+ 5 K and Tc-20 K, and for∼ 95% deuterated …

Deuteration removes quantum dipolar defects from KDP crystals

B Yang, P Xie, R Car - npj Computational Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Dielectric properties of the hydrogen-bonded ferroelectric crystal KH2PO4 (KDP) differ
significantly from those of KD2PO4 (DKDP). It is well established that deuteration affects the …

Geometric effects of deuteration on hydrogen-ordering phase transitions

MI McMahon, RJ Nelmes, WF Kuhst, R Dorwarth… - Nature, 1990 - nature.com
IT has long been known that the substitution of deuterium for hydrogen in hydrogen-bonded
materials can lead to a change in the geometry of the hydrogen bonds—the so-called …

The crystal structure of tetragonal KH2PO4 and KD2PO4 as a function of temperature

RJ Nelmes, GM Meyer, JE Tibballs - Journal of Physics C: Solid …, 1982 - iopscience.iop.org
The structures of the paraelectric (tetragonal) phase of KH 2 PO 4 (KDP) and 95%
deuterated KD 2 PO 4 (DKDP) have been investigated using high-resolution (sin theta b …

Coexistence of order-disorder and displacive features at the phase transitions in hydrogen-bonded solids: squaric acid and its analogs

N Dalal, A Klymachyov, A Bussmann-Holder - Physical review letters, 1998 - APS
The systematic analysis of high-resolution NMR data, bond lengths, and isotropic 13 C
chemical shifts of crystals of squaric acid (H 2 SQ) and its deuterated compound (D 2 SQ) …

Crystal growth and optical properties of a UV nonlinear optical material KSrCO 3 F

W Zhang, PS Halasyamani - CrystEngComm, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Large, centimeter size, single crystals of the UV nonlinear optical material KSrCO3F were
successfully grown by a top seeded solution growth (TSSG) method. The morphology and …

Negative evidence for a proton-tunneling mechanism in the phase transition of -type crystals

M Ichikawa, K Motida, N Yamada - Physical Review B, 1987 - APS
We have found a linear relation between the transition temperature T sub c (in K) and the
hydrogen-bond length R (in Å) for tetragonal KH 2 PO 4-type crystals, T c= 2290 (R-2.428) …

Structural studies of KDP and the KDP-type transition by neutron and X-ray diffraction: 1970–1985

RJ Nelmes - Ferroelectrics, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
Structural work on KH2PO4, KD2PO4, RbH2PO4 and partially-deuterated CsH2AsO4 and
RbH2PO4 over the period 1970 to 1985, is fully reviewed. The content is predominantly the …