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Ferroelectric Behavior of Organic Terahertz Radiating DAST Crystal

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Bulk terahertz emitting and technologically advanced DAST crystal is grown using a simple, cost effective and efficient seed rotation technique from a saturated methanol solution. The grown crystal is identified by a single crystal XRD analysis and powder X-ray diffraction studies. HRXRD experiments substantiate a good crystalline perfection without interior grain boundaries. The ferroelectric nature of the crystal has been described by P–E hysteresis loop analysis, which corroborates with better ferroelectric behavior than other benchmarked inorganic materials. The hardness, elastic stiffness, and yield strength shows decreasing trend for increasing loads and the work hardening coefficient confirm that the DAST is a soft material. Two-dimensional nucleation growth with minimum dislocation is evident from the etch patterns.

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The authors would like to thank the Department of Atomic Energy-Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (DAE-BRNS), Government of India for providing financial support (Sanction Number: 34/14/54/2014-BRNS). The authors are also grateful to Prof. Binaykumar, Crystal Lab, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, for his support by rendering research facilities.

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Manivannan, M., Martin Britto Dhas, S.A. & Jose, M. Ferroelectric Behavior of Organic Terahertz Radiating DAST Crystal. J Inorg Organomet Polym 27, 1870–1877 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-017-0655-0

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