The first ionothermal synthesis of a 3D ferroelectric metal–organic framework with colossal dielectric constant

• DOI: 10.1039/c0cc04890a
• Publication Date: 2011-02-15T14:20:15Z
• Authors: Wen-Juan Ji; Quan-Guo Zhai; Shu-Ni Li; Yu-Cheng Jiang; Man-Cheng Hu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A novel 3D (4,6)-connected topological architecture, obtained under ionothermal conditions by using 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromide ([EMI]Br) as solvent and structure-directing agent, presents a non-centrosymmetric polar packing arrangement showing an interesting ferroelectric property.