Growth and characterization of a novel bis β-alanine picrate (bbap) single crystal

In this work, the amino acid family material viz. Bis β-Alanine Picrate(BBAP) was synthesized and single crystals of the synthesized bis β-alanine picrate were grown by adopting slow evaporation technique. The crystals are yellow in color and are transparent. The grown crystals were subjected to various characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction analysis, FTIR analysis and TG / DTA analyses, SHG studies, UV-vis transmittance studies etc. The crystal structure of the grown crystals was found to be orthorhombic. By FTIR spectral analysis, the functional groups present in the compound have been identified. Thermal analysis was carried out to ascertain the thermal stability and mechanical strength was analyzed by measuring microhardness of the grown BBAP crystals.