Hydrogen-Bonded Architectures and Field-Induced Polarization Switching in Bridged Bis(benzimidazole) Crystals

The imidazole ring is chemically stable and forms an excellent building block for compounds that show externally switchable polarization in their crystalline states. We examined the structural properties of nine bridged bis(benzimidazole)s, of which seven were new compounds, in an attempt to identify substances with highly polarizable die...More