<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>L-cysteine hydrogen fluoride (LCHF) single crystals were grown from aqueous solution. Single crystal X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, UV-Vis-NIR, and TG-DTA were used to test the grown crystals. The specimen dielectric and mechanical behaviors were also studied. Powder X-ray diffraction of the grown crystal was recorded and indexed. The optical properties of the LCHF crystal were determined using UV-Vis spectroscopy. It was found that the optical band gap of LCHF was 4.8 eV. The crystal functional groups were identified using FT-IR. Second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of the LCHF was three times higher than that of KDP. The dielectric constant, dielectric loss and AC conductivity were measured at different frequencies and temperatures.</p></abstract>

L-cysteine hydrogen fluoride (LCHF) single crystals were grown from aqueous solution. Single crystal X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, UV-Vis-NIR, and TG-DTA were used to test the grown crystals. The specimen dielectric and mechanical behaviors were also studied. Powder X-ray diffraction of the grown crystal was recorded and indexed. The optical properties of the LCHF crystal were determined using UV-Vis spectroscopy. It was found that the optical band gap of LCHF was 4.8 eV. The crystal functional groups were identified using FT-IR. Second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of the LCHF was three times higher than that of KDP. The dielectric constant, dielectric loss and AC conductivity were measured at different frequencies and temperatures.

Studies on the growth and characterization of L-cysteine hydrogen fluoride single crystal

Materials Science-Poland

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L-cysteine hydrogen fluoride (LCHF) single crystals were grown from aqueous solution. Single crystal X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, UV-Vis-NIR, and TG-DTA were used...

Studies on the growth and characterization of L-cysteine hydrogen fluoride single crystal

Published Online: Oct 18, 2019

Page range: 304 - 309

Received: May 14, 2016

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2019-0046

Keywords
nonlinear optical material, solution growth, optical transmission, second harmonic generation (SHG), TG-DTA, DSC, dielectric

© 2019 Azeezaa Varsha Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Studies on the growth and characterization of L-cysteine hydrogen fluoride single crystal

Published Online: Oct 18, 2019

Page range: 304 - 309

Received: May 14, 2016

Accepted: Apr 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/msp-2019-0046

Keywordsnonlinear optical material, solution growth, optical transmission, second harmonic generation (SHG), TG-DTA, DSC, dielectric

© 2019 Azeezaa Varsha Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
nonlinear optical material, solution growth, optical transmission, second harmonic generation (SHG), TG-DTA, DSC, dielectric