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Zhang Y. Surface-Induced Electronic and Vibrational Level Shifting of [Fe(py) 2bpym(NCS) 2] on Al(100). MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:6150. [PMID: 37763428 PMCID: PMC10532516 DOI: 10.3390/ma16186150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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It is essential that one understands how the surface degrees of freedom influence molecular spin switching to successfully integrate spin crossover (SCO) molecules into devices. This study uses density functional theory calculations to investigate how spin state energetics and molecular vibrations change in a Fe(II) SCO compound named [Fe(py)2bpym(NCS)2] when deposited on an Al(100) surface. The calculations consider an environment-dependent U to assess the local Coulomb correlation of 3d electrons. The results show that the adsorption configurations heavily affect the spin state splitting, which increases by 10-40 kJmol-1 on the surface, and this is detrimental to spin conversion. This effect is due to the surface binding energy variation across the spin transition. The preference for the low-spin state originates partly from the strong correlation effect. Furthermore, the surface environment constrains the vibrational entropy difference, which decreases by 8-17 Jmol-1K-1 (at 300 K) and leads to higher critical temperatures. These results suggest that the electronic energy splitting and vibrational level shifting are suitable features for characterizing the spin transition process on surfaces, and they can provide access to high-throughput screening of spin crossover devices.
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- Yachao Zhang
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China
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Spin-Crossover in Iron(II) Complexes of N,N′-Disubstituted 2,6-Bis(Pyrazol-3-yl)Pyridines: An Effect of a Distal Substituent in the 2,6-Dibromophenyl Group. CRYSTALS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst11080922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A series of new bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridines (LR) N,N′-disubstituted by 4-functionalized 2,6-dibromophenyl groups have been synthesized to study the effect of a distal substituent on the spin-crossover (SCO) behaviour of the iron(II) complexes [Fe(LR)2](ClO4)2 by variable-temperature magnetometry, NMR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The SCO-assisting tendency of the substituents with different electronic and steric properties (i.e., the bromine atom and the methyl group) in the para-position of the 2,6-dibromophenyl group is discussed. Together with earlier reported SCO-active iron(II) complexes with N,N′-disubstituted bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridines, these new complexes open the way for this family of SCO compounds to emerge as an effective ‘tool’ in revealing structure–function relations, a prerequisite for successful molecular design of switchable materials for future breakthrough applications in sensing, switching, and memory devices.
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Spin State Behavior of A Spin-Crossover Iron(II) Complex with N,N′-Disubstituted 2,6-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine: A Combined Study by X-ray Diffraction and NMR Spectroscopy. CRYSTALS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst10090793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A series of three different solvatomorphs of a new iron(II) complex with N,N′-disubstituted 2,6-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine, including those with the same lattice solvent, has been identified by X-ray diffraction under the same crystallization conditions with the metal ion trapped in the different spin states. A thermally induced switching between them, however, occurs in a solution, as unambiguously confirmed by the Evans technique and an analysis of paramagnetic chemical shifts, both based on variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy. The observed stabilization of the high-spin state by an electron-donating substituent contributes to the controversial results for the iron(II) complexes of 2,6-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridines, preventing ‘molecular’ design of their spin-crossover activity; the synthesized complex being only the fourth of the spin-crossover (SCO)-active kind with an N,N′-disubstituted ligand.
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Pankratova Y, Aleshin D, Nikovskiy I, Novikov V, Nelyubina Y. In Situ NMR Search for Spin-Crossover in Heteroleptic Cobalt(II) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:7700-7709. [PMID: 32383584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Here we report the first successful attempt to identify spin-crossover compounds in solutions of metal complexes produced by mixing different ligands and an appropriate metal salt by variable-temperature nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Screening the spin state of a cobalt(II) ion in a series of thus obtained homoleptic and heteroleptic compounds of terpyridines (terpy) and 2,6-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridines (3-bpp) by using this NMR-based approach, which only relies on the temperature behavior of chemical shifts, revealed the first cobalt(II) complexes with a 3-bpp ligand to undergo a thermally induced spin-crossover. A simple analysis of NMR spectra collected from mixtures of different compounds without their isolation or purification required by the current method of choice, the Evans technique, thus emerges as a powerful tool in a search for new spin-crossover compounds and their molecular design boosted by wide possibilities for chemical modifications in heteroleptic complexes.
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- Yanina Pankratova
- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991 Moscow, Russia.,Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991 Moscow, Russia.,Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya pl., 9, 125047 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991 Moscow, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per., 9, Dolgoprudny 141700, Moscow Region, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Nikovskiy I, Polezhaev A, Novikov V, Aleshin D, Pavlov A, Saffiulina E, Aysin R, Dorovatovskii P, Nodaraki L, Tuna F, Nelyubina Y. Towards the Molecular Design of Spin-Crossover Complexes of 2,6-Bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridines. Chemistry 2020; 26:5629-5638. [PMID: 31967374 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The molecular design of spin-crossover complexes relies on controlling the spin state of a transition metal ion by proper chemical modifications of the ligands. Herein, the first N,N'-disubstituted 2,6-bis(pyrazol-3-yl)pyridines (3-bpp) are reported that, against the common wisdom, induce a spin-crossover in otherwise high-spin iron(II) complexes by increasing the steric demand of a bulky substituent, an ortho-functionalized phenyl group. As N,N'-disubstituted 3-bpp complexes have no pendant NH groups that make their spin state extremely sensitive to the environment, the proposed ligand design, which may be applicable to isomeric 1-bpp or other families of popular bi-, tri- and higher denticity ligands, opens the way for their molecular design as spin-crossover compounds for future breakthrough applications.
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- Igor Nikovskiy
- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia.,Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 2nd Baumanskaya Str. 5, 105005, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per., 9, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Moscow Region, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia.,Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya pl., 9, 125047, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per., 9, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Moscow Region, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia.,Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, Miusskaya pl., 9, 125047, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per., 9, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Moscow Region, Russia
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- National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Akademika Kurchatova pl., 1, 123182, Moscow, Russia
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- University of Manchester, Oxford Rd., Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- University of Manchester, Oxford Rd., Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 28, 119991, Moscow, Russia.,Bauman Moscow State Technical University, 2nd Baumanskaya Str. 5, 105005, Moscow, Russia
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Zhang Y. Calculating spin crossover temperatures by a first-principles LDA+U scheme with parameter U evaluated from GW. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:134701. [PMID: 31594359 DOI: 10.1063/1.5124239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The prediction of spin crossover (SCO) temperatures (T1/2) depends sensitively on the description of local Coulomb correlation. Due to its balance between accuracy and computational cost, local density approximation combined with Hubbard U model (LDA+U) is an appealing tool for this purpose. Despite its accurate performance on energetic properties, such as spin adiabatic energy difference, it is well-known that the LDA+U approach would lose its predictive power if U is tuned to achieve close agreement with experiment for a certain property. On the other hand, a static U value cannot account for changes in the electronic structure. Here, we propose a framework to derive dynamical U (Udyn) values for iron(ii) complexes from the many-body GW calculations. By performing model calculations on a series of compounds with varying ligand fields, we show that the U values determined in this way are local environment dependent, and the resulting LDA+Udyn method could reproduce their experimental ground spin states. We present applications to selected SCO complexes illustrating that Udyn considerably overcomes some of the drawbacks of employing a constant U in the calculation of thermochemical quantities. Using the described calculation procedure, the T1/2 values are predicted with a small mean absolute error of 176 K with respect to experiment.
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- Yachao Zhang
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China
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Gentili D, Gazzano M, Melucci M, Jones D, Cavallini M. Polymorphism as an additional functionality of materials for technological applications at surfaces and interfaces. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 48:2502-2517. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00283e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This tutorial aims to divulge to the chemistry community the information that polymorphism can be directly exploited as a property in a variety of technological applications.
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- Denis Gentili
- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
- 40129 Bologna
- Italy
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività (ISOF)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- 40129 Bologna
- Italy
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività (ISOF)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- 40129 Bologna
- Italy
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- Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e Fotoreattività (ISOF)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- 40129 Bologna
- Italy
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- Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
- 40129 Bologna
- Italy
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Wolny JA, Schünemann V, Németh Z, Vankó G. Spectroscopic techniques to characterize the spin state: Vibrational, optical, Mössbauer, NMR, and X-ray spectroscopy. CR CHIM 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Zhang Y. Driving spin transition at interface: Role of adsorption configurations. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:044706. [PMID: 29390826 DOI: 10.1063/1.5007739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A clear insight into the electrical manipulation of molecular spins at interface is crucial to the design of molecule-based spintronic devices. Here we report on the electrically driven spin transition in manganocene physisorbed on a metallic surface in two different adsorption configurations predicted by ab initio techniques, including a Hubbard-U correction at the manganese site and accounting for the long-range van der Waals interactions. We show that the application of an electric field at the interface induces a high-spin to low-spin transition in the flat-lying manganocene, while it could hardly alter the high-spin ground state of the standing-up molecule. This phenomenon cannot be explained by either the molecule-metal charge transfer or the local electron correlation effects. We demonstrate a linear dependence of the intra-molecular spin-state splitting on the energy difference between crystal-field splitting and on-site Coulomb repulsion. After considering the molecule-surface binding energy shifts upon spin transition, we reproduce the obtained spin-state energetics. We find that the configuration-dependent responses of the spin-transition originate from the binding energy shifts instead of the variation of the local ligand field. Through these analyses, we obtain an intuitive understanding of the effects of molecule-surface contact on spin-crossover under electrical bias.
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- Yachao Zhang
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China
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Borgatti F, Torelli P, Brucale M, Gentili D, Panaccione G, Castan Guerrero C, Schäfer B, Ruben M, Cavallini M. Opposite Surface and Bulk Solvatochromic Effects in a Molecular Spin-Crossover Compound Revealed by Ambient Pressure X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:3604-3609. [PMID: 29510051 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We investigate the solvatochromic effect of a Fe-based spin-crossover (SCO) compound via ambient pressure soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (AP-XAS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). AP-XAS provides the direct evidence of the spin configuration for the Fe(II) 3d states of the SCO material upon in situ exposure to specific gas or vapor mixtures; concurrent changes in nanoscale topography and mechanical characteristics are revealed via AFM imaging and AFM-based force spectroscopy, respectively. We find that exposing the SCO material to gaseous helium promotes an effective decrease of the transition temperature of its surface layers, while the exposure to methanol vapor causes opposite surfacial and bulk solvatochromic effects. Surfacial solvatochromism is accompanied by a dramatic reduction of the surface layers stiffness. We propose a rationalization of the observed effects based on interfacial dehydration and solvation phenomena.
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- Francesco Borgatti
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) , Via P. Gobetti 101 , Bologna 40129 , Italy
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- CNR-IOM , Tasc Laboratory , S.S. 14 Km 163.5 in Area Science Park , Basovizza , Trieste 34149 , Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) , Via P. Gobetti 101 , Bologna 40129 , Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) , Via P. Gobetti 101 , Bologna 40129 , Italy
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- CNR-IOM , Tasc Laboratory , S.S. 14 Km 163.5 in Area Science Park , Basovizza , Trieste 34149 , Italy
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- CNR-IOM , Tasc Laboratory , S.S. 14 Km 163.5 in Area Science Park , Basovizza , Trieste 34149 , Italy
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- Institute of Nanotechnology , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen D-76344 , Germany
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) , CNRS-Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 43 , Strasbourg Cedex 2 67034 , France
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- Institute of Nanotechnology , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen D-76344 , Germany
- Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS) , CNRS-Université de Strasbourg , 23, rue du Loess, BP 43 , Strasbourg Cedex 2 67034 , France
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN) , Via P. Gobetti 101 , Bologna 40129 , Italy
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Rajnák C, Schäfer B, Šalitroš I, Fuhr O, Ruben M, Boča R. Influence of the charge of the complex unit on the SCO properties in pyrazolyl-pyridinyl-benzimidazole based Fe(II) complexes. Polyhedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2017.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Rat S, Ridier K, Vendier L, Molnár G, Salmon L, Bousseksou A. Solvatomorphism and structural-spin crossover property relationship in bis[hydrotris(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)borate]iron(ii). CrystEngComm 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ce00741h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Wang JL, Liu Q, Lv XJ, Wang RL, Duan CY, Liu T. Magnetic fluorescent bifunctional spin-crossover complexes. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:18552-18558. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt03714c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Bifunctional fluorescent spin crossover complexes exhibit thermally and light induced conversion from the low spin to the high spin state, as well as fluorescence emission.
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- Jun-Li Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals
- Dalian University of Technology
- Dalian 116024
- China
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