Crystal growth, pyroelectric, piezoelectric, and elastic properties of monoclinic bis (nitrilotriacetato) zirconates X[C(NH2)3] Zr(N(CH2COO)3)2 ž y H2o (y = 2 for X = Rb, Tl, NH4; y = 1 for X = Cs; y = 1.5 for X = CH3NH3)

Author(s)
Eiken Haussühl, S Haussühl, Ekkehart Tillmanns
Abstract

Large single crystals of optical quality and with dimensions up to 50 mm of double salts of the type X[C(NH2)3] Zr(N(CH2COO)3)2 ž y H2) (X = Rb, Tl, NH4, Cs, CH3NH3) have been grown from aqueous solutions. They crystallize in the space group P21 and exhibit quasiisotypic structures. Complete elastic and thermoelastic tensors have been derived from ultrasonic resonances of plane-parallel plates. In addition, thermal expansion, pyroelectric dielectric and piezoelectric properties have been measured. The maximum longitudinal piezoelectric effects d222 exceed d111 of a-quartz roughly by a factor of 7. The pyroelectric constants p2 surmount p3 of tourmaline by about a factor of 9. The structural and physical properties are closely related to those of the constituent salts.

Organisation(s)
Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
External organisation(s)
Universität zu Köln
Journal
Zeitschrift für Kristallographie : international journal for structural, physical, and chemical aspects of crystalline materials
Volume
216
Pages
534-540
No. of pages
7
ISSN
0044-2968
Publication date
2001
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
1051 Geology, Mineralogy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/4d125abe-8793-4bf5-8c62-6e86243f3a25