Organic paraelectrics resulting from tautomerization coupled with proton-transfer

Tadashi Sugawara*, Tomoyuki Mochida, Akira Miyazaki, Akira Izuoka, Naoki Sato, Yoko Sugawara, Kenzo Deguchi, Yutaka Moritomo, Yoshinori Tokura

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Abstract

2-Carboxy-3-hydroxyphenalenone was found to behave as paraelectrics at room temperatur under ambient pressure, exhibiting an antiferroelectric transition at 40K. The paraelectric property is derived from an inversion of a transverse component of its dipole moment based on the rapid tautomerization in the solid state. A C2V local symmetry of the molecule revealed by a crystallographic analysis was interpreted in terms of a dynamic disorder based on solid state 13CNMMR (CP/MAS) measurements. The Curie constant determined from a Curie-Weiss plot turned out to be consistent with the above mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)665-668
Number of pages4
JournalSolid State Communications
Volume83
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Chemistry

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