Tunable and mechanically robust ferroelectric ionic plastic crystals
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 08:01
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org)—New research by a group from Hokkaido University in Japan has shown that the plastic ionic crystal, quinuclidinium perrhenate, has ferroelectric properties and can serve as a model for finding new plastic ionic crystals that demonstrate ferroelectricity with directional tunability. Their work appears in Nature Chemistry.