Mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination
Abstract The ability of plastic deformation exerts in bulk crystals would offer great promise for ferroelectrics to achieve emerging and exciting applications. However, conventional ferroelectric crystals generally suffer from inherent brittleness and are easy to fracture. Here, by implementing fluo...
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| author | Pei-Zhi Huang Zunqi Liu Lou-Kai Ye Hao-Fei Ni Jia-Qi Luo Gele Teri Qiang-Qiang Jia Bo Zhuang Chang-Feng Wang Zhi-Xu Zhang Yi Zhang Da-Wei Fu |
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| description | Abstract The ability of plastic deformation exerts in bulk crystals would offer great promise for ferroelectrics to achieve emerging and exciting applications. However, conventional ferroelectric crystals generally suffer from inherent brittleness and are easy to fracture. Here, by implementing fluorination on anion, we successfully design a flexible organic ferroelectric phenylethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate (PEA-TFMS) with interesting plasticity in its bulk crystals. To our knowledge, it is the first observation since the discovery of organic ferroelectric crystal triglycine sulfate in 1956. Compared to parent PEA-MS (phenylethylammonium mesylate), fluorination subtly alters ionic orientation and interactions to reorganize dipole arrangement, which not only brings switchable spontaneous polarization but also endows PEA-TFMS crystal with macroscopical bending and spiral deformability, making it a competitive candidate for flexible and wearable devices. Our work will bring inspiration for obtaining mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystals toward flexible electronics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7b3d3b90e0d421b8ec3a0a5d1ff6a1d2025-08-20T03:40:44ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-03-0116111010.1038/s41467-025-58416-yMechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorinationPei-Zhi Huang0Zunqi Liu1Lou-Kai Ye2Hao-Fei Ni3Jia-Qi Luo4Gele Teri5Qiang-Qiang Jia6Bo Zhuang7Chang-Feng Wang8Zhi-Xu Zhang9Yi Zhang10Da-Wei Fu11Institute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityChemistry and Chemical Engineering College, Xinjiang Agricultural UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityOrdered Matter Science Research Center, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Science and applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Southeast UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityInstitute for Science and Applications of Molecular Ferroelectrics, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Zhejiang Normal UniversityAbstract The ability of plastic deformation exerts in bulk crystals would offer great promise for ferroelectrics to achieve emerging and exciting applications. However, conventional ferroelectric crystals generally suffer from inherent brittleness and are easy to fracture. Here, by implementing fluorination on anion, we successfully design a flexible organic ferroelectric phenylethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate (PEA-TFMS) with interesting plasticity in its bulk crystals. To our knowledge, it is the first observation since the discovery of organic ferroelectric crystal triglycine sulfate in 1956. Compared to parent PEA-MS (phenylethylammonium mesylate), fluorination subtly alters ionic orientation and interactions to reorganize dipole arrangement, which not only brings switchable spontaneous polarization but also endows PEA-TFMS crystal with macroscopical bending and spiral deformability, making it a competitive candidate for flexible and wearable devices. Our work will bring inspiration for obtaining mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystals toward flexible electronics.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58416-y |
| spellingShingle | Pei-Zhi Huang Zunqi Liu Lou-Kai Ye Hao-Fei Ni Jia-Qi Luo Gele Teri Qiang-Qiang Jia Bo Zhuang Chang-Feng Wang Zhi-Xu Zhang Yi Zhang Da-Wei Fu Mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination Nature Communications |
| title | Mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination |
| title_full | Mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination |
| title_fullStr | Mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination |
| title_short | Mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination |
| title_sort | mechanically deformable organic ferroelectric crystal with plasticity optimized by fluorination |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58416-y |
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