Optical and Dielectric Studies on L-Valinium Picrate Single Crystal

P. Koteeswari, P. Mani, S. Suresh

Department of Physics, Hindustan Institute of Technology, Padur, India.
Department of Physics, Loyola College, Chennai, India..

DOI: 10.4236/jcpt.2012.23015                

Abstract

Single crystals of L-Valinium picrate were grown from aqueous solution by slow evaporation technique. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the crystal belongs to monoclinic system. The optical transmission study reveals the transparency of the crystal in the entire visible region and the cut off wave length has been found to be 470 nm. The optical band gap is found to be 2.55 eV. The transmittance of L-Valinium picrate crystal has been used to calculate the refractive index (n), the extinction coefficient (K) and both the real (εr) and imaginary (εi) components of the dielectric constant as functions of wavelength. Low dielectric loss at high frequency region is indicative of enhanced optical quality with lesser defects. Photoconductivity measurements carried out on the grown crystal reveal the negative photoconducting nature.

Keywords

Solution Growth; Single Crystal XRD; Optical Transmission; Dielectric Studies; Photoconductivity Studies

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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