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ArticleNature communications2026

Coupled ferroelectricity and phonon chirality.

Xiang-Bin Han, Cong Yang, Rui Sun, Xiaotong Zhang, Thuc Mai, Zhengze Xu, Aryan Jouneghaninaseri, Xiaoning Jiang, Rahul Rao, Yi Xia and 3 more

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Xiang-Bin Han *Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-3051
Cong Yang *Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Rui SunOrganic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7006-2133
Xiaotong ZhangOrganic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Thuc MaiMaterials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 45433, USA.
Zhengze XuDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Aryan JouneghaninaseriOrganic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6209-9225
Xiaoning JiangDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3605-3801
Rahul RaoMaterials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 45433, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6415-0185
Yi XiaDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 97201, USA. yxia@pdx.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5386-3975
Dali SunOrganic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. dsun4@ncsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4662-3265
Jun LiuOrganic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. jliu38@ncsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-5860
Xiaotong LiDepartment of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA. xiaotong_li@ncsu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7107-7273

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) DMR-2521953National Science Foundation (NSF) No. DMR-2317008 and No. CBET-2445361United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR) N00014-21-1-2058United States Department of Defense | U.S. Air Force (United States Air Force) RX23COR003
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Abstract

Recognizing the coupling between ferroelectricity and chirality in optically active ferroelectrics opens a route for manipulating chirality via ferroelectricity under an external electric field, enabling control over chirality-dependent quantum states. Here, we report the experimental demonstration of the coupling between ferroelectricity and phonon chirality in the molecular ferroelectric triglycine sulfate. By electrically switching the crystal chirality, we achieve reversible and device-compatible control of phonon chirality, as revealed by in situ time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect measurements. The Kerr rotation reverses with electric-field switching, while phonon chirality vanishes in the paraelectric phase and is tunable in the racemic ferroelectric state. Furthermore, density functional theory calculations and circularly polarized Raman spectroscopy further corroborate the opposite circular phonon motions. These results establish an electrically addressable coupling pathway linking ferroelectricity, structural chirality, chiral phonons, and spin, opening a route toward chiral-phonon-enabled spin and phonon control technologies based on ferroelectric materials.

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PMCPMC13439057

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