Structural studies of phase transitions in hybrid organic-inorganic salts with temperature and pressure
Date
2014-02-04
Authors
Binns, J
Parsons, S
Moggach, S
Valiente, R
McIntyre, GJ
Kamenev, KV
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Australian Institute of Physics
Abstract
The alkylammonium tetrachlorometallates have attracted significant attention for the numerous phase transitions observed in a relatively narrow range of temperatures and pressures as well as ferroelectric,-elastic and -magnetic behaviours. [1,2] Such simple organic salts could find possible applications as thin-film functional materials in low cost ferroelectric capacitors and RAM. With the exception of bis(tetramethylammonium) tetrachlorozincate(II) this class of materials has been subject to relatively little structural investigation, with a number of general phase sequences being determined from calorimetric and polarisation measurements. [3,4] While there are known to be ferroelectric phase transitions in many of these materials, the exact mechanism by which these simple organic salts exhibit such behaviour is unknown. We report on the phase sequences observed in two related materials: tetramethylammonium tetrachloroferrate(III) (TCF), and the previously unknown tetramethylammonium tetrachlorogallate(III) (TCG) which display re-entrant as well as plastic crystalline phases.
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Dielectric materials, Electrical equipment, Equipment, Films, Materials, Phase transformations, Capacitors, Salts
Citation
Binns, J., Parsons, S., Moggach, S., Valiente, R., McIntyre, G., & Kamenev, K. (2014). Structural studies of phase transitions in hybrid organic-inorganic salts with temperature and pressure. Paper presented at the 38th Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting 2014, Waiheke Island Resort, Waiheke, Auckland, New Zealand, 4th February - 7th February, 2014, (pp. 42). Retrieved from: https://physics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/cmm/2014/Wagga2014proceedings.pdf