Citation: Le Ye, Zi-Luo Fang, Ming-Yu Guo, Wei-Xiong Zhang. Hot-pressing boosted nonlinear optical properties in a new ferroelectric plastic crystalline material[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(4): 110826. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.110826 shu

Hot-pressing boosted nonlinear optical properties in a new ferroelectric plastic crystalline material

MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, IGCME, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China

zhangwx6@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Received Date: 2 November 2024
Revised Date: 23 December 2024
Accepted Date: 6 January 2025
Available Online: 6 January 2025

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Ferroelectric plastic crystals have garnered significant attention in recent years due to their unique phase-transition behaviors and potential nonlinear optical properties. Nevertheless, most existing examples encounter challenges, such as inadequate transparency and diminished nonlinear optical signal, which constrain their broader applicability. In this study, we present a new ferroelectric plastic crystal, 1-azanorbornanium tetrachlorogallate, which crystallizes in the polar space group Pmc2₁ at room temperature and undergoes plastic phase transition at above 413 K. This phase transition endows this compound with nonlinear optical performance at polar room-temperature phase, while allowing highly-dynamic molecular rotation to provide excellent mechanical flexibility at high-temperature phase. Through hot-pressing the powder sample, a pressed tablet with an increased density that is 99.4% of crystallographic density (1.70 g/cm³) was obtained. Benefiting from the elimination of crystal grains, such a high-density tablet has significant improvements in light transmittance and second harmonic generation (SHG). Its SHG is increased by approximately 20 times and 6 times those of the loose powder form and referenced KH₂PO₄, respectively. This work demonstrated the potential of hot-pressing method on enhancing nonlinear optical performance of polar plastic crystals.
- Hybrid plastic crystal,
- Plastic phase transition,
- Hot-pressing method,
- Second harmonic generation,
- Ferroelectricity
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