Dielectric properties and phase transition of zinc tris(thiourea) sulfate single crystal

The dielectric properties and the ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition of zinc tris(thiourea) sulfate (ZTS) single crystal have been investigated in a wide range of temperatures and frequencies. In the lower frequency region the real part of dielectric permittivity of the ZTS crystal shows a sudden increase at 323 K. Prominent first-order ferroelectric to paraelectric phase transition at 323 K has been observed in the plot of dielectric permittivity versus temperature at different frequencies. It has been observed that the phase transition occurs in ZTS crystal with a low degree of disorder. Surprisingly, it has been observed for ZTS that the value of the dielectric permittivity is only about 10 at high frequencies and is found to increase to 50 at low frequencies. Dielectric loss has higher values in the paraelectric region.