An all-organic steroid-D-π-A modular design drives ferroelectricity in supramolecular solids and nano-architectures at RT

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Aug 21;47(31):8928-30. doi: 10.1039/c1cc12398j. Epub 2011 Jun 27.

Abstract

Confluence of a modular design approach and self-assembly with a 'steroid-D-π-A' module generates spontaneous polarization in solids and for the first time in nano-architectures constituted from organogels, at room temperature (RT).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electricity
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Steroids / chemistry*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Steroids