A Novel TGS-like Inorganic−Organic Hybrid and a Preliminary Investigation of Its Possible Ferroelectric Behavior

Abstract

The homochiral inorganic-organic hybrid compound (H(3)NHPA)(SnCl(3))(2)(H(2)O)(3) [1, (S)-4-(4'-aminophenyl)-2-aminobutanoic acid diammonium trichloride stannite triaqua] has a TGS (triglycine sulfate)-like structure. Preliminary investigation suggests a possible ferroelectric behavior with a saturation spontaneous polarization (P(s)) of ca. 3.5 microC.cm(-)(2), which is slightly greater than that of TGS (P(s) = 3.0 microC.cm(-)(2)).

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