<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Single crystal of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate (Na-4-HBS) was grown from an aqueous solution by slow evaporation method. Powder X-ray diffraction study was carried out to identify the lattice parameters of the crystal. FT-IR spectral analysis confirmed the existence of various functional groups in the compound. The optical transmittance, cut-off wavelength and band gap energy were estimated from the UV-Vis studies. Photoluminescence studies revealed the transition mechanism by optical excitation. The variation of dielectric properties and AC conductivity of the grown crystal with frequency was studied at different temperatures. Measurements of mechanical properties of Na-4-HBS were carried out to find the hardness of the material. The laser induced surface damage threshold and relative second harmonic generation nonlinear optical properties of the grown crystal were studied using Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.</p></abstract>

Single crystal of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate (Na-4-HBS) was grown from an aqueous solution by slow evaporation method. Powder X-ray diffraction study was carried out to identify the lattice parameters of the crystal. FT-IR spectral analysis confirmed the existence of various functional groups in the compound. The optical transmittance, cut-off wavelength and band gap energy were estimated from the UV-Vis studies. Photoluminescence studies revealed the transition mechanism by optical excitation. The variation of dielectric properties and AC conductivity of the grown crystal with frequency was studied at different temperatures. Measurements of mechanical properties of Na-4-HBS were carried out to find the hardness of the material. The laser induced surface damage threshold and relative second harmonic generation nonlinear optical properties of the grown crystal were studied using Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.

Growth, solvent effect, optical and electrical properties of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate

Materials Science-Poland

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Single crystal of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate (Na-4-HBS) was grown from an aqueous solution by slow evaporation method. Powder X-ray diffraction...

Growth, solvent effect, optical and electrical properties of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate

Published Online: Aug 02, 2019

Page range: 158 - 165

Received: Mar 14, 2017

Accepted: Dec 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2019-0019

Keywords
solvents, single crystal growth, nonlinear optical material, electrical properties

© 2019 Zahid Md. I. et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Growth, solvent effect, optical and electrical properties of sodium 4-hydroxybenzenesulfonate dihydrate

Published Online: Aug 02, 2019

Page range: 158 - 165

Received: Mar 14, 2017

Accepted: Dec 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2019-0019

Keywordssolvents, single crystal growth, nonlinear optical material, electrical properties

© 2019 Zahid Md. I. et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
solvents, single crystal growth, nonlinear optical material, electrical properties