Ferroelectric properties of ultrasonochemically prepared SbSI ethanogel

Ultrason Sonochem. 2009 Mar;16(3):398-401. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2008.09.001. Epub 2008 Sep 16.

Abstract

This article presents for the first time the electrical properties of sonochemically synthesised, high-surface-area SbSI ethanogel made up of large quantity nanowires with lateral dimensions of about 10-50 nm and lengths reaching up to several micrometers. The composition, morphology, dimensions, microstructures, and optical energy gap of the new form of SbSI were characterized. This material is a semiconducting ferroelectric as in the case of bulk SbSI crystals. The maximum of dielectric constant epsilon=1.6x10(4) is observed at Tc=292(1) K. The activation energies in temperature dependences of electric conductivity of SbSI ethanogel are different for ferroelectric and paraelectric phases during heating and cooling of the sample.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antimony / chemistry
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Ethanol / chemical synthesis*
  • Ethanol / chemistry
  • Gels / chemical synthesis
  • Gels / chemistry
  • Nanowires / chemistry
  • Sonication*
  • Sulfoxides / chemical synthesis*
  • Sulfoxides / chemistry
  • Surface Properties
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Gels
  • Sulfoxides
  • Ethanol
  • Antimony