Cooperative spin crossover leading to bistable and multi-inert system states in an iron(III) complex

Dürrmann A, Hörner G, Baabe D, Heinemann FW, de Melo MA, Weber B (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Nature Communications Nature Publishing Group: Nature Communications

Book Volume: 15

Article Number: 7321

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51675-1

Abstract

Cooperativity among spin centres has long been the royal road in spin crossover (SCO) research to impose magnetic bistability in terms of thermal hysteresis. In this work we access magnetic multi-inert states of the iron(III) compound {FeL2[B(Ph)4]} ≡ FeB at low temperature, in addition to thermal bistability. The packing of the low-spin and high-spin forms of crystalline FeB differs only marginally what ultimately leads to structural conservatism. This indicates that the SCO-immanent breathing of the complex cation is almost fully compensated by the anion matrix. The unique cooling rate dependence of the residual low-temperature magnetisation in FeB unveils continuous switching between the trapped high-spin (ON) and the relaxed low-spin state (OFF). The macroscopic ratio of the spin states (ON:OFF) can be adjusted as a simple function of the cooling rate. That is, cooperative spin crossover can be the source of bistable and multi-inert system states in the very same material.

Authors with CRIS profile

Frank Wilhelm Heinemann Lehrstuhl für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie

Involved external institutions

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Germany (DE) Technische Universität Braunschweig

Germany (DE) Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) / Maringá State University

Brazil (BR)

How to cite

APA:

Dürrmann, A., Hörner, G., Baabe, D., Heinemann, F.W., de Melo, M.A., & Weber, B. (2024). Cooperative spin crossover leading to bistable and multi-inert system states in an iron(III) complex. Nature Communications, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51675-1

MLA:

Dürrmann, Andreas, et al. "Cooperative spin crossover leading to bistable and multi-inert system states in an iron(III) complex." Nature Communications 15.1 (2024).

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