Structure and optical characterization of rochelle salt dye inclusion crystals and the fluorescence detection of their phase transitions

Salah Sedarous, J. Anand Subramony, Bart Kahr

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Abstract

We describe the growth and spectroscopy of well-defined mixed crystals of sodium potassium tartrate (Rochelle salt) containing synthetic organic dyes in the {010} growth sectors. Our summary reevaluates historical dye inclusions and reveals others that we discovered. Absorption and emission spectroscopies with polarized light are used to characterize these mixed crystals. The temperature dependence of the fluorescence of included chromophores provide evidence of the ferroelectric phase transitions in the host crystals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)301-306
Number of pages6
JournalFerroelectrics
Volume191
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

Keywords

  • Dye inclusion
  • Phase transition
  • Polarization spectroscopy
  • Rochelle salt
  • Sodium potassium tartrate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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