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One-Dimensional Cadmium Thiocyanate Perovskite Ferroelastics Tuned by Halogen Substitution
dataset
posted on 2019-12-10, 18:47 authored by Lei He, Lin Zhou, Ping-Ping Shi, Qiong Ye, Da-Wei FuOrganic–inorganic hybrid molecular ferroelastics
have gained
widespread attention as a promising candidate for data storage, sensor,
and mechanical switch applications. However, it remains a great challenge
to construct new molecular ferroelastic materials. Based on the “quasi-spherical
theory”, we designed and synthesized a new quasi-spherical
cation [DMIE]+ ([DMIE]+ is dimethyl-isopropyl-ethyl-ammonium
cation) to expect ferroelastic materials. Unfortunately, [DMIE][Cd(SCN)3] (1) undergoes a structural phase transition
from the space group P63 to P63/mmc, which is not among the 94 species
of ferroelastic phase transitions as suggested by Aizu. Herein, by
introducing electronegative halogen (F, Cl, or Br) atoms to the [DMIE]+ cation, the symmetry groups of the corresponding cadmium
thiocyanate perovskites get efficiently lowered to orthorhombic Pbca to induce ferroelastic phase transitions with an Aizu
notation of 6/mmmFmmm. The spontaneous strain value
reduces from 0.0778 in a fluorinated product to 0.0428 in a brominated
product. Accompanied by the introduction of halogen groups from F
to Br, the phase transition temperature increases from 248.6 to 367.8
K. This work demonstrates that the strategy of combining a quasi-spherical
molecule with specific electronegative groups provides an efficient
way to offer molecular ferroelastic materials.