Chiral Mesostructure‐Induced Ferroelectricity and Photoelectric Chiral Anisotropy of MnWO<sub>4</sub>
Creating ferroelectricity in centrosymmetric and paramagnetic materials through nanostructures presents a challenge in materials science due to their high symmetry and paired spins. Herein, the induction of chirality‐induced ferroelectricity and photoelectric chiral anisotropy in chiral mesostructured MnWO 4 films (CMWFs) resulting from spin chiral anisotropy in chiral mesostructures is reported. The CMWFs, prepared via a hydrothermal route induced by chiral molecules, consists of densely packed MnWO 4 nanoparticle crystals exhibiting long‐range ordered helical lattice distortion grown perpendicularly along the 010 axis on the substrates. These CMWFs exhibit ferroelectric properties with a Curie temperature of ≈60 °C and photoelectric chiral anisotropy with an anisotropy factor of ≈0.5. The findings pave the way for ferroelectricity through long‐range spin current via chirality.
Authors
- Shunai Che (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-1552)
- Quanzheng Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-1027)
- Yingying Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6549-2446)
- Lu Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6119-4895)
- Jianwei Zuo
Institutions
- Tongji University (CN)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small Structures
- Published
- 2024-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202400243
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Multiferroics and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.12
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- East China Normal University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University