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ADVANCED MATERIALS
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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202302436
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ferroelectricity; liquid crystals; molecular ferroelectrics; phase transition; solid crystals
This article presents a solid-liquid crystal biphasic ferroelectric material, cholestanyl 4-X-benzoate (4X-CB, X = Cl, Br, and I), that exhibits biferroelectricity in both the solid and liquid crystal phases. The liquid crystal phase of 4X-CB is identified as a cholesteric phase with a helical structure, different from the ordinary chiral smectic ferroelectric liquid crystal phase. Furthermore, the spontaneous polarization of 4X-CB in both phases can be regulated by different halogen substitutions. It is suggested that 4X-CB is the first ferroelectric material with tunable biferroelectricity, providing a feasible case for the performance optimization of solid-liquid crystal biphasic ferroelectrics.
Ferroelectricity has been separately found in numerous solid and liquid crystal materials since its first discovery in 1920. However, a single material with biferroelectricity existing in both solid and liquid crystal phases is very rare, and the regulation of biferroelectricity has never been studied. Here, solid-liquid crystal biphasic ferroelectrics, cholestanyl 4-X-benzoate (4X-CB, X = Cl, Br, and I), which exhibits biferroelectricity in both the solid and liquid crystal phases, is presented. It is noted that the ferroelectric liquid crystal phase of 4X-CB is a cholesteric one, distinct from the ordinary chiral smectic ferroelectric liquid crystal phase. Moreover, 4X-CB shows solid-solid and solid-liquid crystal phase transitions, of which the transition temperatures gradually increase from Cl to Br to I substitution. The spontaneous polarization (P-s) of 4X-CB in both solid and liquid crystal phases can also be regulated by different halogen substitutions, where the 4Br-CB has the optimal P-s because of the larger molecular dipole moment. To the authors' knowledge, 4X-CB is the first ferroelectric with tunable biferroelectricity, which offers a feasible case for the performance optimization of solid-liquid crystal biphasic ferroelectrics.
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