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Effect of caesium and cerium,l-alanine and caesium +l-alanine impurities are investigated on ferroelectric and pyroelectric properties of TGS crystals. Dielectric constant and loss, pyroelectric coefficient, spontaneous polarization and coercive field measurements of these modified crystals, as a function of temperature are reported. Caesium and cerium did not affect the electrical properties of TGS crystals significantly, whereasl-alanine- and, especially, Cs +l-alanine-doped TGS crystals exhibited promising improvements in pyroelectric properties, up to 48 °C, as compared to pure TGS crystals.
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Banan, M., Lal, R.B. & Batra, A. Modified triglycine sulphate (TGS) single crystals for pyroelectric infrared detector applications. J Mater Sci 27, 2291–2297 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01105034
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