{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Huang Z"],"funding":["Office of Science","National Institutes of Health","NIH HHS"],"pagination":["e17774"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12921328"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["38(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Solid materials with a high dielectric constant have a wide range of applications in the energy storage field. In this research, an imidazolium-based zwitterion is designed, synthesized, and confirmed to have a plastic crystal phase based on the following experimental and computational evidence: (i) the presence of long-range order with weak intermolecular forces and competing attractive-repulsive interactions along different crystallographic directions; (ii) the observation of more than one endotherm on heating including a solid-solid phase transition at T<sub>s-s</sub> = -26 °C and melting of the plastic crystal at T<sub>m</sub> = 72°C; (iii) a low entropy of fusion at melting (2.1 JK<sup>-1</sup>mol<sup>-1</sup>); (iv) a strongly anisotropic morphology; (v) relatively fast dynamics orig"],"journal":["Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)"],"pubmed_title":["A Solid State Zwitterionic Plastic Crystal With High Static Dielectric Constant."],"pmcid":["PMC12921328"],"funding_grant_id":["NERSC","1S10RR023439-01","1S10OD028589-01","BES-ERCAPm4305","1S10RR023439‐01","BES‐ERCAPm4305","1S10OD028589‐01"],"pubmed_authors":["Corvo TO","Liu Y","Uddin A","Saito T","Cooper VR","Huang Z","Colby RH","Lehmann ML"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A Solid State Zwitterionic Plastic Crystal With High Static Dielectric Constant.","description":"Solid materials with a high dielectric constant have a wide range of applications in the energy storage field. In this research, an imidazolium-based zwitterion is designed, synthesized, and confirmed to have a plastic crystal phase based on the following experimental and computational evidence: (i) the presence of long-range order with weak intermolecular forces and competing attractive-repulsive interactions along different crystallographic directions; (ii) the observation of more than one endotherm on heating including a solid-solid phase transition at T<sub>s-s</sub> = -26 °C and melting of the plastic crystal at T<sub>m</sub> = 72°C; (iii) a low entropy of fusion at melting (2.1 JK<sup>-1</sup>mol<sup>-1</sup>); (iv) a strongly anisotropic morphology; (v) relatively fast dynamics orig","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026 Feb","modification":"2026-07-16T12:34:15.854Z","creation":"2026-07-09T10:55:45.71Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12921328","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41546164"],"doi":["10.1002/adma.202517774"]}}