Bidirectional photoswitchability in an iron( iii ) spin crossover complex: symmetry-breaking and solvent effects

2023/01/01 by Raúl Díaz‐Torres, Guillaume Chastanet, Éric Collet +3 · 1 voice
Materials Science · Chemistry · #Magnetism in coordination complexes #Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms #Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d3sc01495a

openalex publication_date 2023/01/01 · openalex created_date 2023/06/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25

Abstract

-LIESST from the [HS-LS] state, revealing a hidden [LS] state. Moreover, photocrystallographic studies on 1 at 10 K reveal re-entrant photoinduced phase transitions to a high symmetry [HS] phase when irradiated at 980 nm or a high symmetry [LS] phase after irradiation at 660 nm. This study represents the first example of bidirectional photoswitchability and subsequent symmetry-breaking from a [HS-LS] state in an iron(iii) SCO material.

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