Biferroelectricity of a homochiral organic molecule in both solid crystal and liquid crystal phases

Ferroelectricity normally exists in either solid crystals or liquid crystals. Here, the authors report a homochiral organic compound which shows ferroelectricity in both solid crystal and liquid crystal phases.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xian-Jiang Song, Xiao-Gang Chen, Jun-Chao Liu, Qin Liu, Yi-Piao Zeng, Yuan-Yuan Tang, Peng-Fei Li, Ren-Gen Xiong, Wei-Qiang Liao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33925-2