A New Polar Glass-Ceramic Built from Monovalent Perrhenate Anions and Large Methyltriphenylphosphonium Cations

Key Points

• The research aims to develop a new hybrid glass-ceramic material using specific anions and cations.
• Constructed a hybrid compound using monovalent tetrahedral anions and bulky cations.
• Characterized the compound's structure using polar space group Pca21.
• Investigated reversible transitions between crystal and liquid states.
• The new compound shows reversible crystal-liquid-glass-crystal transitions.
• It exhibits a distinct polar nature due to its structural components.
• The hybrid structure contributes to its unique physical properties.