Above-room-temperature ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity in benzimidazoles

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Horiuchi, Sachio ^a,b   Kagawa, Fumitaka ^b,c   Hatahara, Kensuke ^c   Kobayashi, Kensuke ^d   Kumai, Reiji ^b,d   Murakami, Youichi ^d   Tokura, Yoshinori ^c,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

BENZENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; SYMMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; FERROELECTRICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYSTERESIS; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TAUTOMERIZATION;

EID: 84871758403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2322     Document Type: Article

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