Pyroelectricity, resistivity and polarizability of crystals with hydrogen bonds

Abstract The temperature dependence of the resistivity, pyroelectric coefficient and dielectric permittivity were determined for the following single crystals, all of which contain hydrogen bonds: RbH2AsO4, (NH2CH2COOH)2HNO3, NaH3(SeO3)2, Ba(NO2)2D2O and [C(NH2)3]Al(SO4)2 6H2O. A mechanism based on the hydrogen bonding was developed to explain an abrupt decrease in the resistivity.