Water-induced pyroelectricity from nonpolar crystals of amino acids

Silvia Piperno; Elena Mirzadeh; Eran Mishuk; David Ehre; Sidney Cohen; Miriam Eisenstein; Meir Lahav; Igor Lubomirsky

doi:10.1002/anie.201301836

Water-induced pyroelectricity from nonpolar crystals of amino acids

Silvia Piperno, Elena Mirzadeh, Eran Mishuk, David Ehre, Sidney Cohen, Miriam Eisenstein, Meir Lahav, Igor Lubomirsky

Weizmann Institute of Science

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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).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6513-6516
Number of pages	4
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	52
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201301836
State	Published - 17 Jun 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

amino acids
nonpolar crystals
pyroelectricity
surface polarity
thin films

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