Thermal, mechanical, electrical, linear and nonlinear optical properties of l-arginine dihydrofluoride single crystal

l-arginine dihydrofluoride of dimensions upto 15×10×9mm3 was successfully grown by slow evaporation technique from aqueous solution. The crystal was characterized by X-ray diffractometry, Elemental analysis, FT-IR, UV–Vis–NIR spectroscopy, thermal and microhardness studies. The dielectric constant and dielectric loss of the crystal were studied as function of frequency. Photoconductivity studies were also carried out on the sample. Kurtz powder SHG measurement confirms the NLO property of the grown crystals.