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and carbon. Specifically, to better elucidate the nature of the ferro-
electric phase transition in these crystals, and, in particular, to ob-
tain a better understanding of the internal molecular motion in the
ferroelectric and paraelectric phases, we measured the tempera-
ture dependence of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spec-
trum and the nuclear spin–lattice relaxation times in the rotating
Cross-polarization, magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) 1H and 13
C
NMR experiments were performed at a Larmor frequency of
400.12 MHz and 100.61 MHz, respectively. The samples were
placed in the 4 mm CP/MAS probe as powders. The magic angle
1
13
spinning rate was set at 14 kHz and 4–6 kHz for H and C CP/
MAS, respectively, to minimize spinning sideband overlap. The
p
/
1
13
1
13
frame T
1
q
for H and C in TGS. Based on these results, we will dis-
2 pulse time for H and C was 10
ls and 16.8 ls, respectively,
cuss the roles for the each proton and carbon.
corresponding to a spin-locking field strength of 27.77 kHz and
1
13
4
1q
6.66 kHz. The H and C T measurements were performed by
1
13
applying H and C spin-locking pulses after the CP preparation
period.
2
. Crystal structure
TGS crystals with the phase transition temperature of 322 K are
monoclinic in ferroelectric phase, and belong in the high-tempera-
ture paraelectric phase of the centro-symmetrical space group P2
m. Below the Curie point, the mirror plane disappears and the
space group is P2 . The ferroelectric transition is of second-order,
and the spontaneous polarization is parallel to the monoclinic b-
axis. The crystal structure of TGS projected along the c-axis is
shown in Fig. 1 [18]. The lattice constants in ferroelectric phase
are a = 9.1666 Å, b = 12.6436 Å, c = 5.7339 Å, and b = 105.5°
4
. Experimental results and discussion
1
/
Structural analysis of the protons in TGS was carried out by a
1
1
solid state NMR method. Fig. 2a shows the H MAS NMR spectrum
of a TGS single crystal at room temperature. The NMR spectrum
consists of three peaks, at chemical shift of d = 7.60, 15.15, and
1
8.22 ppm. The spinning sidebands are marked with asterisks.
The signal at chemical shift of 7.60 ppm is assigned to the ammo-
nium hydrogen, methylene proton, and amine hydrogen. The sig-
nals at chemical shifts of 15.15 ppm and 18.22 ppm are assigned
to the carboxyl hydrogen and hydrogen sulfate, respectively.
The intensities in the each proton signals as a function of tem-
perature for TGS are shown in Fig. 2b. As the temperature is in-
creased, the intensity of the signal due to the ammonium
hydrogen, methylene proton, and amine hydrogen (labeled as 1,
[
(
18,19]. There are two formula units per unit cell:
þ
ꢂ
NH CH
2
COO ) and (NH CH
2 2
2 2 4
COOH) ꢁH SO [20]. In the ferroelec-
3
tric phase, the two monoprotonated glycine groups I and III (NH2-
CH
þ
ꢂ
2
COOH and NH CH
3
2
COO , hereinafter designated G(I) and
G(III)) are completely planar, whereas the zwitterions
þ
ꢂ
(
NH CH
2
COO , hereinafter designated G(II)) are only partially pla-
3
nar [15,21]. The nitrogen atoms form NꢂHꢁ ꢁ ꢁO hydrogen bonds of
the usual strength, whereas the strong OꢂHꢁ ꢁ ꢁO hydrogen bond
incorporating the oxygen atom of the carboxyl group of the zwit-
terion glycine has a distance of 2.43 Å [21]. The bond distances
and angles in G(I) change only slightly with temperature, whereas
the variations in G(II) and G(III) are significant [18].
2
, and 3) is near constant. The intensities of the signals due to
the carboxyl hydrogen (labeled as 4) and hydrogen sulfate (la-
beled as 5) are abruptly decrease with temperature, whereas
those of the carboxyl hydrogen and hydrogen sulfate is nearly
C
constant above T , indicating that the carboxyl hydrogen and
hydrogen sulfate play an important role in the phase transition.
Usually, the dynamic ordering of hydrogen occurs in one of the
hydrogen bonds as the material transforms into the ferroelectric
phase [22].
3
. Experimental method
TGS single crystals were grown at room temperature by slowly
evaporating an aqueous solution containing NH
2
2
CH COOH and
1q
The spin–lattice relaxation times in the rotating frame, T ,
H
2
SO
4
in the stoichometric ratio of 3:1. The chemical formula of
were taken at several temperatures for the each proton in TGS.
The nuclear magnetization recovery traces obtained for all
protons were described by the following single exponential
function [23]:
þ
ꢂ
TGS is (NH CH
2
COO ) and (NH
2
CH COOH) ꢁH
2 2 2
SO
4
. The resulting
3
single crystals were transparent and colorless with dimensions of
3
1
0 ꢃ 10 ꢃ 5 mm .
Solid-state NMR experiments were performed using a Bruker
MðtÞ ¼ M
o
expðꢂt=T
1
q
Þ
ð1Þ
DSX 400 FT NMR spectrometer at the Korea Basic Science Institute.
Fig. 1. The crystal structure of ferroelectric (NH
2
CH
2
3
COOH) ꢁH
2 4
SO projected along the c-axis. Dashed lines show the hydrogen bonds [18].