Growth, structural, optical, thermal, mechanical and NLO properties on imidazolium L-tartrate crystal doped with potassium chloride
摘要
The conventional slow evaporation approach has been successfully used to generate imidazolium L-tartrate crystal doped with potassium chloride (IMLT.KCl). Single crystal X ray diffraction demonstrates that the IMLT.KCl crystallizes in monoclinic system with space group P21 and the Powder X-ray diffraction spectrum further confirmed the strong crystalline nature of the title compound. The presence of functional groups, especially N-H, N-O, C-H, C = O etc..., have been confirmed by Fourier transform infrared and Raman analysis. The optical band gap value is estimated as 5.1 eV using Tauc’s plot. Thermal studies revealed that the grown crystal is thermally stable up to 203 ◦C. The microhardness characterization verified the soft nature of the synthesized crystal. The structural imperfection of the grown crystal was examined by etching studies. Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis is used to identify the elemental composition of the material. The second harmonic generation (SHG) of the grown crystal was confirmed by the Kurtz powder technique.