Three-Step Ferroelastic Transitions from Hexagonal to Triclinic Phases in a Hybrid Perovskite : (1-Fluoromethyl-1-methylpyrrolidine)[CdCl3

Hybrid ferroelastic crystals have emerged as a hot research topic in recent years owing to their prospective applications in piezoelectric sensors, mechanical switches, and optoelectronic devices. Nevertheless, most of the documented materials exhibit one-step or two-step ferroelastic phase transition(s), and those with multistep ferroelastic transitions are extremely scarce. We present a new hexagonal molecular perovskite based on a fluoro-substituted flexible cyclic ammonium cation, (1-fluoromethyl-1-methylpyrrolidine)[CdCl3] (1), undergoing unusual three-step ferroelastic phase transitions from hexagonal paraelastic phase to orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic ferroelastic phases at 388, 376, and 311 K, respectively, with Aizu notation of 6/mmmFmmm, mmmF2/m, and 2/mF-1, featuring spontaneous strain of 0.002, 0.023, and 0.110, respectively. Furthermore, variable-temperature single-crystal diffraction reveals that the phase-transition mechanism in 1 principally originates from intriguing dynamic change of organic cations and synchronous displacement of inorganic chains. This scarce instance of multistep hybrid ferroelastic provides important clues for finding advanced ferroelastic materials.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

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Inorganic chemistry - 63(2024), 17 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 7966-7972

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Englisch

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Chen, Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Han, Ding-Chong [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Le [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei-Xiong [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 29.04.2024

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10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00986

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NLM371093724