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Crystal violet doped triglycine acetate crystal: a potential material for optoelectronic applications

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In order to enrich the properties of pure triglycine acetate (TGAc) crystals, pure and crystal violet dye (CV)-doped triglycine acetate single crystals were developed by slow evaporation method. By using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), the crystalline phase and unit cell parameters were analyzed. Because of the insertion of CV dye in the TGAc matrix, three characteristic absorption bands were observed in UV–VIS-NIR absorption spectra at ~ 248, 302, and 589 nm for the dye-doped crystals. Using transmittance data, different optical constants, i.e., optical band gap (Eg), extinction coefficient (k), refractive index (n) and optical conductivity (σ) were determined for both of the samples. Using the Vicker’s microhardness test in the load range 5 g–50 g, the mechanical strength of the crystals was tested and found to be higher for dye-doped TGAc crystal. Using Vicker's microhardness tester, mechanical properties such as work hardening index, standard hardness values, yield strength, fracture toughness, brittleness index, and elastic rigidity constant values were calculated. Measurements for the second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency were made and noticed that the SHG efficiency is enhanced due to doping. With an increment in frequency, the dielectric constant and dielectric loss for grown crystals have been observed to deteriorate. The thermal stability and decomposition temperature were found to be elevated in the case of 0.01 mol percent CV dye-doped TGAc. The enhanced optical properties, SHG efficiency, mechanical efficiency and thermal stability of the doped crystals confirm their suitability for optoelectronic applications.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude to the management of Presidency University, Bengaluru, for providing financial assistance through the University seed grant (File No: RI&C/Funded Project/RC1 dated 11/7/2018).

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  1. Material Research Centre, Presidency University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    P. R. Deepthi, Anu Sukhdev, P. Mohan Kumar & G. Chaithra

  2. Department of Physics, Presidency University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    G. Chaithra

  3. Department of Chemistry, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Malathi Challa

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Presidency University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    S. P. Prashanth

  5. Department of Physics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    J. Shanthi

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Deepthi, P.R., Sukhdev, A., Mohan Kumar, P. et al. Crystal violet doped triglycine acetate crystal: a potential material for optoelectronic applications. Indian J Phys 96, 3277–3287 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-021-02220-z

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