| Affiliation: | 1. Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS‐UM2‐ENSCM‐UM1, Equipe Ingénierie Moléculaire et Nano‐Objets, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France);2. Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS‐UM2‐ENSCM‐UM1, Equipe Chimie et Cristallochimie des Matériaux, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France);3. Physics Department and CICECO, University of Aveiro, 3810‐193, Aveiro (Portugal);4. Fédération de Recherche Chimie Balard,‐FR3105, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France);5. Theory of Nanomaterials Group and INPAC, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celesijnenlaan, 200F, Heverlee, B‐3001 (Belgium);6. Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, UMR 5221, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France) |
| Abstract: | Multifunctional molecular ferroelectrics are exciting materials synthesized using molecular chemistry concepts, which may combine a spontaneous electrical polarization, switched upon applying an electric field, with another physical property. A high‐temperature ferroelectric material is presented that is based on a chiral Zn2+/Dy3+ complex exhibiting Dy3+ luminescence, optical activity, and magnetism. We investigate the correlations between the electric polarization and the crystal structure as well as between the low‐temperature magnetic slow relaxation and the optical properties. |
