Burgener, Matthias; Labat, Gaël; Bonin, Michel; Morelli, Alessio; Hulliger, Jürg (2013). Pyroelectric and piezoelectric scanning microscopy applied to reveal the bipolar state of 4-iodo-4′-nitrobiphenyl (INBP). CrystEngComm, 15(38), pp. 7652-7656. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/c3ce40902c
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Two recent scanning probe techniques were applied to investigate the bipolar twin state of 4-iodo-4′-nitrobiphenyl (INBP) crystals. Solution grown crystals of INBP show typically a morphology which does not express that of a mono-domain polar structure (Fdd2, mm2). From previous X-ray diffraction a twinning volume ratio of [similar]70 : 30 is now explained by two unipolar domains (Flack parameter: 0.075(29)) of opposite orientation of the molecular dipoles, joined by a transition zone showing a width of [similar]140 μm. Scanning pyroelectric microscopy (SPEM) demonstrates a continuous transition of the polarization P from +P into −P across the zone. Application of piezoelectric force microscopy (PFM) confirms unipolar alignment of INBP molecules down to a resolution of [similar]20 nm. A previously proposed real structure for INBP crystals built from lamellae with antiparallel alignment is thus rejected. Anomalous X-ray scattering was used to determine the absolute molecular orientation in the two domains. End faces of the polar axis 2 are thus made up by NO2 groups. Using a previously determined negative pyroelectric coefficient pc leads to a confirmation also by a SPEM analysis. Calculated values for functional group interactions (DA), (AA), (DD) and the stochastic theory of polarity formation allow us to predict that NO2 groups should terminate corresponding faces. Following the present analysis, INBP may represent a first example undergoing dipole reversal upon growth to end up in a bipolar state.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Burgener, Matthias, Labat, Gaël, Bonin, Michel, Hulliger, Jürg |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
ISSN: |
1466-8033 |
Publisher: |
Royal Society of Chemistry |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Franziska Bornhauser-Rufer |
Date Deposited: |
04 Apr 2014 23:07 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:31 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1039/c3ce40902c |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.46836 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/46836 |
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