Growth of 4-(dimethylamino) benzaldehyde doped triglycine sulphate single crystals and its characterization

Single crystals of triglycine sulphate (TGS) doped with 1 mol% of 4-(dimethylamino) benzaldehyde (DB) have been grown from aqueous solution at ambient temperature by slow evaporation technique. The effect of dopant on the crystal growth and dielectric, pyroelectric and mechanical properties of TGS crystal have been investigated. X-ray powder diffraction pattern for pure and doped TGS was collected to determine the lattice parameters. FTIR spectra were employed to confirm the presence of 4-(dimethylamino) benzaldehyde in TGS crystal, qualitatively. The dielectric permittivity has been studied as a function of temperature by cooling the sample at a rate of 1 °C/min. An increase in the Curie temperature T_c=51 °C (for pure TGS, T_c=48.5 °C) and decrease in maximum permittivity has been observed for doped TGS when compared to pure TGS crystal. Pyroelectric studies on doped TGS were carried out to determine pyroelectric coefficient. The Vickers's hardness of the doped TGS crystals along (0 1 0) face is higher than that of pure TGS crystal for the same face. Domain patterns on b-cut plates were observed using scanning electron microscope. The low dielectric constant, higher pyroelectric coefficient and higher value of hardness suggest that doped TGS crystals could be a potential material for IR detectors.     

Dielectric properties of film materials based on polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonate with ferroelectric inclusions

The dielectric properties of film materials based on polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonate with inclusions of triglycine sulfate (TGS) and TGS with admixture of L, ??-alanine (ATGS) have been studied. An increase in the temperature of the phase transition in these materials as compared to in bulk TGS and ATGS has been revealed.     

Crystal growth and dielectric, mechanical, electrical and ferroelectric characterization of n-bromo succinimide doped triglycine sulphate crystals

Single crystals of triglycine sulphate (TGS) doped with n-bromo succinimide (NBS) were grown at ambient temperature by the slow evaporation technique. An aqueous solution containing 1-20 mol% of n-bromo succinimide as dopant was used for the growth of NBSTGS crystals. The incorporation of NBS in TGS crystals has been qualitatively confirmed by FTIR spectral data. The effect of the dopant on morphology and crystal properties was investigated. The cell parameters of the doped crystal were determined by the powder X-ray diffraction technique. The dielectric constant of NBS doped TGS crystal was calculated along the ferroelectric direction over the temperature range of 30-60 °C. The dielectric constant of NBSTGS crystals decrease with the increase in NBS concentration and considerable shift in the phase transition temperature (T_C) towards the higher temperature observed. Pyroelectric studies on doped TGS were carried out to determine the pyroelectric coefficient. The emergence of internal bias field due to doping was studied by collecting P-E hysteresis data. Temperature dependence of DC conductivity of the doped crystals was studied and gradual increase in the conductivity with the increase of dopant concentration was observed. The activation energy (ΔE) calculated was found to be lower in both the ferroelectric and the paraelectric phases for doped crystals compared to that of pure TGS. The micro-hardness studies were carried out at room temperature on thin plates cut perpendicular to the b-axis. Less doped TGS crystals show higher hardness values compared to pure TGS. Piezoelectric measurements were also carried out on 010 plates of doped TGS crystals at room temperature.     

Thermally stimulated electron emission from chromium-doped triglycine sulfate in the paraelectric phase

Thermally stimulated electron emission from a ferroelectric chromium-doped triglycine sulfate (TGS) crystal was experimentally observed to occur in a temperature range 6 K above the Curie point from samples heated at a relatively high rate. Increasing the heating rate q was shown to cause the emission current density to increase throughout the temperature range studied. The emission onset temperature in chromium-doped TGS depends only weakly on the rate q and is close to that for pure TGS, and the emission cutoff temperature grows monotonically with q at comparatively low heating rates and stabilizes at high q. At the same time, the interval of emission extension into the paraelectric phase here is about one half that for pure TGS heated at the same rate. The specific features of emission observed for this crystal can be assigned to relaxation of the charges screening the spontaneous polarization. The lower emission cutoff temperature for the chromium-doped TGS compared to that for pure TGS is accounted for by the shorter Maxwellian relaxation time in the doped crystal.     

Temperature dynamics of triglycine sulfate domain structure according to atomic force microscopy and dielectric spectroscopy data

A hydrogen-containing ferroelectric triglycine sulfate (TGS) was comprehensively studied with an atomic force microscopy (AFM) and dielectric spectroscopy. The domain structure dynamics was in situ investigated with piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) during heating and cooling the TGS crystal near phase transition. Relaxation dependencies of domain boundaries general perimeter and domain dimensions were obtained. TGS dielectric spectra measured at the frequency range from 10 to 10¹¹ Hz were analyzed on basis of significant contribution of conductivity into the dielectric response of ferroelectrics and a good agreement with the experimental data was received. It allows us to obtain more information about temperature dynamics of the domain structure.     

Magnetic memory effects in triglycine sulfate ferroelectric crystals

The effect of a magnetic field on the processes of relaxation of the defect structure relaxation in a triglycine sulfate (TGS) ferroelectric (nonmagnetic) crystal has been observed for the first time. The atomic-force microscopy study has shown that the application of a static weak magnetic field (2 T, 20 min) significantly changes the size distribution of defect nanoclusters characteristic of TGS. Previously known macroscopic aftereffects of the magnetic field in TGS (slow relaxation of the dielectric susceptibility, symmetrization of P–E dielectric hysteresis loops, etc.) can be explained by the redistribution of pinning centers of domain walls caused by the magnetically induced reconfiguration of the defect structure.     

透射光栅谱仪衍射成像特性的理论模拟

应用部分相干光衍射理论,研究了透射光栅仪对单位振幅的单色扩展光源和连续谱扩展光源的衍射特性,给出了成像面上挑强分布表达式,并数值模拟了该谱仪对黑体辐射连续谱扩展光源的接收成像。     

Effects of composition ratio on structure and phase transition of ferroelectric nanocomposites from silicon dioxide nanoparticles and triglycine sulfate

The present work is devoted to study on influences of silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO₂) on structure and phase transition of a classical ferroelectric of triglycine sulfate (TGS) by synthesizing a composite containing SiO₂ and TGS at different composition weight ratios. Particle size analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques were utilized to charaterize the synthesized composite. The experiments for investigation of phase transition were conducted from 20 to 120°C under a weak electric field (1?V.cm^?1) at 1?kHz. The results revealed an expansion of ferroelectric phase of TGS by 15–55°C with increasing the SiO₂ content. Besides, an additional phase transition point which is characteristic for the bulk clusters of TGS was found at low content of SiO₂. The detected anomalies were discussed thoroughly based on the interaction between components in the composite.     

Structure of triglycine sulfate embedded in porous aluminum oxide

The X-ray diffraction investigations have been performed for nanocomposite materials based on porous aluminum oxide with inclusions of TGS and TGS, which is doped with L,α-alanine (ATGS). The presence of the TGS and ATGS textures in pores of Al₂O₃ films has been found. It has been established that, under conditions of confined geometry, the broadening of diffraction maxima of the reflection is caused by the size effect. The temperature dependences of the order parameter for porous aluminum oxide with TGS inclusions have been constructed.     

Growth,structural, mechanical,spectral and dielectric characterization of NaCl-added Triglycine sulfate single crystals

Pure and sodium chloride (NaCl)-added Triglycine sulfate (TGS) crystals were grown from aqueous solutions by slow evaporation technique. The values of concentration of dopants in the mother solution were 0.2, 0.6 and 1 mol%. The solubility of the grown samples have been found out at various temperatures. The determination of unit cell parameters was carried out by single crystal XRD method and found that the grown crystals crystallize in monoclinic structure. The dielectric characterization for the pure and NaCl-doped TGS crystals was performed by measuring the dielectric parameters like dielectric constant and dielectric loss with various frequencies in the range 10²–10⁶ Hz and with the temperatures ranging from 30 to 70 °C and this study reveals an increase of dielectric constant and loss with the increase of NaCl concentration. Studies on mechanical properties like microhardness and density of the grown pure and NaCl-doped TGS crystals were carried out. UV–Visible transmittance studies were carried out for the grown samples. A sharp fall in the transmittance is observed at 228 nm for pure and NaCl-doped TGS crystals. Atomic absorption spectroscopic (AAS) study was done on the NaCl-doped TGS crystals to ascertain the presence of Na⁺ ions in the lattice.     

Study of Properties of Urea and L-α-Alanine Didoped Triglycine Sulfate (UrLATGS) Crystals

In this report, the properties of triglycine sulfate (TGS) crystals doped with urea and L--alanine were studied. Urea and L--alanine have successfully entered into TGS crystal, demonstrated by infrared transmission spectrum and pyroelectric study. Figures of merit and Curie temperature are increased due to these two additions. UrLATGS is more suitable for infrared detectors than pure TGS crystals.     

Microwave annealing of defects in ferroelectric triglycine sulfate

The effect of microwave irradiation of ferroelectric triglycine sulfate (TGS) samples with different degrees of imperfection (determined by the annealing conditions) has been investigated. It is shown that the irradiation effect depends on both the degree of perfection of the samples and the irradiation time (dose). As for gamma irradiation, low doses of microwave radiation lead to partial annealing of defects and, therefore, should improve the parameters of TGS-based devices. High irradiation doses cause degradation of TGS properties, which is highest in perfect crystals.     

Ferroelastoelectric phenomena in a uniaxial ferroelectric TGS crystal

Possibility of the ferroelastoelectric behavior manifestations in a uniaxial ferroelectric TGS crystal was investigated. Analysis of the spontaneous piezoelectric moduli tensors for each of the 180°-domains formed as a result of the phase transition in TGS revealed possible directions for simultaneous application of the electric field and mechanical stresses to induce the switching effect in TGS. Influence of the uniaxial mechanical stresses σ₁₁, σ₂₂, σ₃₃ on the parameters of saturated and unsaturated dielectric hysteresis loops in TGS is considered. It was found that a nontraditional E ₃σ₁₂ combination of fields may lead to the domain switching in TGS crystals.     

TGS单晶的内偏置电场

本文从实验上验证了用热力学方法处理TGS晶体内偏置电场的正确性。分析了纯TGS晶体辐照改性与LATGS晶体的E_b-T关系有所区别的原因。文中还讨论了辐照改性的退化问题。 关键词：     

Permanent polarization in pyroelectric TGS in detectors due to x-rays

The dielectric constant, pyroelectric coefficient, and loss tangent of triglycine sulphate (TGS) crystals that had been poled and subsequently irradiated with x-rays are presented as a function of x-ray exposure and temperature. The results are compared with similar measurements made on poled Co⁶⁰ gamma irradiated TGS. An estimated x-ray dosage of 1.5−2.0 × 10⁶ R min^-1 for 1–2 min gave equivalent results to 2.3 Mr of Co⁶⁰ gamma rays in achieving optimum non-ferroelectric pyroelectric in TGS ir detectors.     

溶剂变更法生长的TGS单晶的介电和热电性能

用新的溶剂变更法生长TGS单晶,即在TGS水溶液中缓慢加入无水乙醇而使TGS结晶析出。测量了这种方法生长的单晶的电滞迴线、介电常数和热电系数。测量结果表明,与降温法生长的单晶的性能是相同的。 关键词：     

基于径向基函数神经网络的线性衰减系数的重建算法

层析γ扫描(TGS)技术是非破坏性分析(NDA)中的一项重要技术.在TGS透射测量中,线性衰减系数值的图像重建问题是TGS的难点和核心问题.在文[1]的基础上,提出了将神经网络方法应用于TGS重建线性衰减系数图像的算法.计算机上的仿真模拟结果表明,在一定范围内,径向基函数(RBF)神经网络方法重建的线性衰减系数值与实际值的相对误差小于4%,且具有快速、高精度等优点,表明了此方法的有效性.     

Refractometry of uniaxially compressed triglycine sulphate crystals doped with L-valine

The temperature and spectral dependences of the refractive indices n _i of triglycine sulphate (TGS) crystals doped with L-valine have been investigated. Doping is found to weaken the temperature dependence of n _i of TGS crystals. The electronic polarizabilities ?? _i , refractions R _i , and parameters of UV oscillators (??_0i , B _1i ) of mechanically distorted doped TGS crystals have been calculated. The temperature coefficients of the shift of the phase-transition point, ?T _c /??? _m , are found to be somewhat smaller than those for pure TGS crystals, which is confirmed by the increase in the hardness of TGS crystals after doping.     

AFM study of the microwave effect on hydrogen-containing ferroelectric triglycine sulfate

Nanoscale supramolecular structures and their transformations under exposure to microwaves in hydrogen-containing ferroelectric, i.e., triglycine sulfate (TGS), were studied by atomic-force microscopy. It was shown that prolonged (2–5 h) irradiation of TGS crystal at a frequency of 40 GHz results in changes in the cleavage surface, which can be interpreted as radiation-induced “annealing” of the crystal with simultaneous generation of new defects. An exposure mechanism based on the effects of commensurability of the time of flight of quasifree dipole particles (protons) with the high-frequency field’s period is proposed.     

Simple macroscopic model of pyroelectric phenomenon in TGS single crystals in ferroelectric phase

A simple mathematical model of pyroelectric phenomena, for ideal ferroelectrics, is presented. Material constants for triglycine sulphate (TGS) are used to verify the model. The results of simulations were compared with the temperature characteristics of the pyroelectric coefficient measured for a TGS ferroelectric sample. Single crystal growth and preparation of samples and experimental procedure are also presented. The relatively good conformity of the model calculations with the measurements allow us to expect further useful application of the model in future work on ferroelectric single crystals.