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Thermochromic Meltable Materials with Reverse Spin Transition Controlled by Chemical Design

Francisco Javier Valverde-muñozMaksym SeredukMaksym SeredyukYurii S. BibikM. Carmen MuñozJosé Antonio RealGábor Molnár

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Phase transitionMaterials scienceBistabilitySpin transitionsSpin transition02 engineering and technologyTemperature cycling010402 general chemistry01 natural sciencesCatalysisSpin crossover[CHIM.COOR]Chemical Sciences/Coordination chemistrySoft matterThin filmThermochromismCondensed matter physics010405 organic chemistryReverse spin transitionGeneral MedicineGeneral Chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologySpin crossover0104 chemical sciencesCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsSoft matter0210 nano-technology

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International audience; We report a series of meltable FeII complexes, which, depending on the length of aliphatic chains, display abrupt forward low‐spin to high‐spin transition or unprecedented melting‐triggered reverse high‐spin to low‐spin transition on temperature rise. The reverse spin transition is perfectly reproducible on thermal cycling and the obtained materials are easily processable in the form of thin film owing to their soft‐matter nature. We found that the discovered approach represents a potentially generalizable new avenue to control both the location in temperature and the direction of the spin transition in meltable compounds.

10.1002/anie.202006453https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03225546