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Water‐Induced Pyroelectricity from Nonpolar Crystals of Amino Acids
Author(s) -
Piperno Silvia,
Mirzadeh Elena,
Mishuk Eran,
Ehre David,
Cohen Sidney,
Eisenstein Miriam,
Lahav Meir,
Lubomirsky Igor
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201301836
Subject(s) - pyroelectricity , glycine , polar , materials science , quadrupole , crystallography , chemistry , condensed matter physics , amino acid , physics , optoelectronics , ferroelectricity , atomic physics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , dielectric
Surface pyroelectricity : Centrosymmetric crystals of α‐glycine display an anomalous quadrupole‐like pyroelectric current. This observation implies the formation of water–glycine hybrid polar layers at the (010) faces of the α‐glycine crystals (see picture).