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Crystal growth and physico-chemical characterization of an organic 2-amino-6-methyl pyridinium L-tartrate single crystal for optoelectronic device applications

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2-amino-6-methyl pyridinium L-tartrate (2A6MPLT) was used to grow a new organic nonlinear optical single crystal. The 2A6MPLT crystal grew in an orthorhombic space group P212121 crystal structure. The crystal morphology was investigated. The percentage of transmittance and optical band gap of the 2A6MPLT crystal were found to be 80% and 3.50 eV, respectively. The solid-state parameters of the grown crystals were examined. Surface laser damage threshold value of 2A6MPLT single crystals was measured to be 4.6 GW cm−2 at 1064 nm laser radiation. The photoconductivity study confirms the grown crystal is positive photoconductivity. The microhardness test was carried out employing 2-amino-6-methyl pyridinium L-tartrate crystal, and therefrom the hardness number (Hv), Meyer’s index (n), yield strength (σy) and elastic stiffness constant (C11) were assessed. The dielectric behaviour of the grown crystal was studied for different temperatures at different frequencies. The 2A6MPLT had a SHG efficiency that was 1.42 times that of KDP and 0.312 times that of Urea. The Z-scan technique with an He–Ne laser at 632.8 nm was used to analyse the third order optical nonlinearity characteristics of 2A6MPLT and its suitability in NLO applications.

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    E. Priyadharshini

  2. Department of Physics, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600025, India

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  3. Department of Physics, St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology, OMR, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600119, India

    P. Jayaprakash

  4. Department of Physics, Sri Ramanujur Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600127, India

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Priyadharshini, E., Vinothkumar, P., Jayaprakash, P. et al. Crystal growth and physico-chemical characterization of an organic 2-amino-6-methyl pyridinium L-tartrate single crystal for optoelectronic device applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 245 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09750-0

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