Flexible ferroelectric organic crystals
Mechanical flexibility gives organic ferroelectric materials a potential advantage over their inorganic counterparts, yet it is challenging to produce them. Owczareket al. report flexible crystals based on trisubstituted haloimidazoles that show both ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13108 |