Author: Michaela Zamponi

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Michaela Zamponi

Isostructural phase transition, quasielastic neutron scattering and magnetic resonance studies of a bistable dielectric ion-pair crystal [(CH3)2NH2]2KCr(CN)6

We have synthesised and characterised a novel organic–inorganic hybrid crystal, [(CH3)2NH2]2KCr(CN)6. The thermal DSC, TMA, DTG and DTA analyses indicate two solid-to-solid structural phase transitions (PTs). According to the X-ray diffraction experiments, the first PT at 220 K is isostructural, since it does not involve a change of the space group. This transition occurs between the states, where the (CH3)2NH2+ cations are orientationally disordered and ordered (frozen). The other reversible PT at 481 K leads to a melt-like phase similar to the one observed in plastic crystals or polar liquids. Dielectric spectroscopy has been used to characterise the switching properties of the dipole mom…

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Screening Ferroelastic Transitions in Switchable Cyano-Bridged Perovskites: [CH3C(NH2)2]2[KM(CN)6], M = Cr3+, Fe3+, Co3+. Crystal Structure Characterization, Dielectric Properties, 1H NMR, and Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Studies

Here we report the dynamics of organic cations as guest molecules in the novel perovskite host framework. The novel switchable crystals from the coordination family [CH3C(NH2)2]2[KB″(CN)6] were con...

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