Influence of pressure on the ferroelectric phase transition in a symmetrical polymerizable diacetylene crystal DNP

DNP is a symmetrical disubstituted polymerizable diacetylene RCCCCR where R is CH 2O(NO 2) 2. The monomer crystal of DNP undergoes a ferroelectric phase transition at low temperature; it disappears in fully polymerized DNP crystal because polymerization changes the diacetylene backbone confo...

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Published in:Chemical physics 1996-12, Vol.213 (1), p.357-363
Main Authors: Even, J., Bertault, M., Girard, A., Délugeard, Y.
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Language:English
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Summary:DNP is a symmetrical disubstituted polymerizable diacetylene RCCCCR where R is CH 2O(NO 2) 2. The monomer crystal of DNP undergoes a ferroelectric phase transition at low temperature; it disappears in fully polymerized DNP crystal because polymerization changes the diacetylene backbone conformation. We show that hydrostatic isotropic pressure also stabilizes the ferroelectric phase in the DNP monomer crystal by enhancing van der Waals interactions between side groups.
ISSN:0301-0104
DOI:10.1016/S0301-0104(96)00274-1