The first example of a molecule-based ferroelectric with barium cation: catena-(μ2-nitrito-O,O)-bi-aqua-(18-crown-6)-barium nitrite
Fu, Da-Wei; Zhang, Yi; Cai, Hong-Ling; Zhu, Hao-miao; Chen, Xue-yuan; Xiong, Ren-Gen; Journal of Materials Chemistry 22 (2012) 17525–; doi:10.1039/c2jm32662k

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 The first example of a molecule-based ferroelectric with barium cation:
 catena-(\m2-nitrito-O,O)-bi-aqua-(18-crown-6)-barium nitrite
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