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. 2017 Feb 16;8:14426. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14426

Figure 1. Chemical structural mechanisms of ferroelectric proton tautomerism.

Figure 1

The crystal polarity (open arrows) can be inverted by proton transfer (round arrow) over a hydrogen bond (thick broken line) and simultaneous interconversion of the single and double bonds, which are specified in red.