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A near-room-temperature organic–inorganic hybrid ferroelectric: [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>]<sub>2</sub>[CdI<sub>4</sub>]

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An organic-inorganic hybrid compound, [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>]<sub>2</sub>[CdI<sub>4</sub>], exhibits a reversible ferroelectric phase transition at 301/297 K. Switchable dielectric constant, second harmonic generation, and pyroelectricity were synchronously observed accompanied by the order-disorder phase transition. This finding promotes research on molecular ferroelectrics to search for promising multifunctional switching materials at near room temperature.

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