Temperature dependences of piezoelectric, elastic and dielectric constants of L-alanine crystal

Tylczyñski, Z.; Sterczyńska, Angelina; Wiesner, M.

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/23/35/355901

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“…We can compare the computed maximum strain constants in Table I of up to 18 pm=V to our recently calculated, much smaller piezoelectric constants for L-alanine single crystals, in the range of 4-6 pC=N [26] (experimental values are similar, ranging from 2 to 4 pC=N) [40]. The elastic stiffness constants of DL alanine range from 7 to 67 GPa (Supplemental Material Table S1 [41]) and are almost identical to those of L alanine.…”

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Racemic Amino Acid Piezoelectric Transducer

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Single crystal L-amino acids can exhibit technologically useful piezoelectric and nonlinear optical properties. Here we predict, using density functional theory, the piezoelectric charge and strain and voltage tensors of the racemic amino acid DL alanine, and use the modeling data to guide the first macroscopic and nanoscopic piezoelectric measurements on DL-alanine single crystals and polycrystalline aggregates. We demonstrate voltage generation of up to 0.8 V from DL-alanine crystal films under simple manual compression, twice as high as other amino acid crystals. Our results suggest that net molecular chirality is not a prerequisite for piezoelectric behavior in organic crystals. The transducer presented herein demonstrates that DL-alanine crystals can be used in applications such as temperature and force measurement in biosensors, data storage in flexible electronic devices, and mechanical actuation in energy harvesters.

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“…Most amino acids exist in a chiral symmetric group, l or d form, and thus exhibit a piezoelectric response. Generally these chiral symmetric group crystals allow shear piezoelectric tensors, d 14 , d 25 , and d 36 , but no longitudinal piezoelectric tensors such as d 11 , d 22 , and d 33 55–61. However, the longitudinal piezoelectric tensor in piezoelectric materials is significantly important, and has great advantages for practical piezoelectric applications, because most of the environmentally available types of mechanical forces are of compressive or tensile direction.…”

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“…Generally these chiral symmetric group crystals allow shear piezoelectric tensors, d 14 , d 25 , and d 36 , but no longitudinal piezoelectric tensors such as d 11 , d 22 , and d 33 . [55][56][57][58][59][60][61] However, the longitudinal piezoelectric tensor in piezoelectric materials is significantly important, and has great advantages for practical piezoelectric applications, because most of the environmentally available types of mechanical forces are of compressive or tensile direction. Very recently, theoretical and experimental studies of the longitudinal piezoelectricity of chiral amino acid crystal films have been reported.…”

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Biomolecular Piezoelectric Materials: From Amino Acids to Living Tissues

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Biomolecular piezoelectric materials are considered a strong candidate material for biomedical applications due to their robust piezoelectricity, biocompatibility, and low dielectric property. The electric field has been found to affect tissue development and regeneration, and the piezoelectric properties of biological materials in the human body are known to provide electric fields by pressure. Therefore, great attention has been paid to the understanding of piezoelectricity in biological tissues and its building blocks. The aim herein is to describe the principle of piezoelectricity in biological materials from the very basic building blocks (i.e., amino acids, peptides, proteins, etc.) to highly organized tissues (i.e., bones, skin, etc.). Research progress on the piezoelectricity within various biological materials is summarized, including amino acids, peptides, proteins, and tissues. The mechanisms and origin of piezoelectricity within various biological materials are also covered.

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“…Moreover, the impact of amino acid in the field of physical research is clearly shown. One example is the piezoelectric property of L-alanine (Tylczyński et al 2011), which is represented in Fig. 2.43.…”

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“…Lechuga-Ballesteros and Rodriguez-Hornedo (1993) reported data on crystal growth, morphology, and the influence of additives. Moreover, the crystal physics of L-alanine were investigated in detail (Tylczyński et al 2011): The piezoelectric, elastic, and dielectric tensors of L-alanine were measured in the temperature range of 100 to 300 K. L-Alanine was found to be weakly piezoelectric; moreover, a jumpwise increase in the c 55 component of the tensor of elastic stiffness was observed, which was attributed to a change of the vibrations of the amino group.…”

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Amino Acid Structures

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2014

Salts of Amino Acids

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Although this book deals with salts of amino acids, this chapter discusses the structures of pristine amino acids, since these molecular structures are also found in salts, and factors as solubility and conditions of crystal growth are important for the synthesis of amino acid salts as well as the pure form. In this context, the impact of minimal changes in conditions (such as impurities) on the growth of amino acid crystals is noted. The structural variation is very high, as not only amino acids differ from each other, but many amino acids exist in more than one form. This refers to the fact that enantiopure crystals can be grown as well as racemates (so-called DL-amino acids). Moreover, often more than one hydration state is found: Anhydrous forms are common, but many amino acids form hydrated crystals. For some amino acids (e.g., glycine, proline, methionine), more than one polymorph of the same hydration state is found. Some of these polymorphs form at ambient condition, often due to minuscule changes in conditions. For others, variation in temperature and pressure has been found to be the cause of the formation of different polymorphs. High-pressure data are available for some amino acids (e.g., alanine, serine, cysteine). Most amino acids are found to form a so-called head-to-tail motif, where acid and amino groups connect to form infinite chains. In some of the larger, nonpolar amino acids, a bilayer pattern is found, where polar groups of opposing molecules face each other, forming a layer, with the hydrophobic side chain facing outward (this motif is found in phenylalanine, methionine, leucine, or isoleucine). Not all amino acids crystallize readily, as is proved by the crystal structure of L-arginine, which could be determined only very recently, and that of lysine, which could not be solved at all to date. In addition to the standard 20, some nonstandard amino acids are discussed. Finally, notes on remarkable physical effects (such as piezoelectric data) or possible applications (as for instance the interactions of amino acids with carbon nanotubes) are presented.

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Temperature dependences of piezoelectric, elastic and dielectric constants of L-alanine crystal

Cited by 14 publications

References 35 publications

Racemic Amino Acid Piezoelectric Transducer

Racemic Amino Acid Piezoelectric Transducer

Biomolecular Piezoelectric Materials: From Amino Acids to Living Tissues

Amino Acid Structures

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