Inorganic-organic hybrid switchable dielectric materials with the coexistence of magnetic anomalies induced by reversible high-temperature phase transition

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Han, S
Zhang, J
Teng, B
Ji, C
Zhang, W
Sun, Z
Luo, J
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2017
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An inorganic-organic hybrid compound that features a zero-dimensional inorganic structural framework, N-methylpiperidinium tetrabromoferrate(iii) (compound 1, [C6H14N][FeBr4]), has been reported as a new switchable dielectric material with the coexistence of weak magnetic anomalies. It is noteworthy that 1 demonstrates remarkable dielectric responses, which can be tuned between two distinct dielectric states and reversibly switched by phase transition at ∼340 K (Tc). Its high-dielectric constants are at least 4 times as large as that of the low-dielectric state. Structural analysis reveals that 1 belongs to the monoclinic crystal system with the space group P21/c at room temperature, but transforms into an orthorhombic system with the space group Cmcm above Tc. The disordering of organic cations affords a driving force for high-temperature phase transition in 1 along with its switchable dielectric activities. Besides, weak magnetic anomalies were also found in 1 at the vicinity of its Tc, which should be reminiscent of another possible physical channel to the phase transition. This finding suggests that 1 might be a potential multifunctional material with the coexistence of switchable dielectric bistability and magnetic responses, which opens up new possibilities to develop molecular functional materials.

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Journal of Materials Chemistry C

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5

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33

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Macromolecular and materials chemistry

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Han, S; Zhang, J; Teng, B; Ji, C; Zhang, W; Sun, Z; Luo, J, Inorganic-organic hybrid switchable dielectric materials with the coexistence of magnetic anomalies induced by reversible high-temperature phase transition, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2017, 5 (33), pp. 8509-8515

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