Crystal structure of the ferroelectric phase of triglycine sulfate under an electric field

Toshio Kikuta*, Daisuke Hamatake, Toshinari Yamazaki, Noriyuki Nakatani

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Abstract

Crystal structure analysis of a triglycine sulfate single crystal under an electric field has been carried out in the ferroelectric phase by X-ray diffraction with anomalous scattering effect. Both crystal structure in positive polarity and that in negative polarity were clarified. The structural change in polarization reversal has been disclosed by indication of flip-flop motion of the hydrogen atoms between oxygen atoms, by rotation of the glycine I group and by changing of the hydrogen bonds connected to nitrogen atoms of the glycines II and III.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-73
Number of pages9
JournalFerroelectrics
Volume347
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event8th Russia/CIS/Baltic/Japan Symposium on Ferroelectricity, RCBJSF-8 - Tsukuba, Japan
Duration: 2006/05/152006/05/19

Keywords

  • Crystal structure analysis
  • Polarity
  • Polarization reversal
  • Triglycine sulfate
  • X-ray diffraction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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