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Cahlík A, Ondráček M, Wäckerlin C, Solé AP, Siri O, Švec M, Jelínek P. Light-Controlled Multiconfigurational Conductance Switching in a Single 1D Metal-Organic Wire. ACS NANO 2024; 18:9576-9583. [PMID: 38518264 PMCID: PMC10993641 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Precise control of multiple spin states on the atomic scale presents a promising avenue for designing and realizing magnetic switches. Despite substantial progress in recent decades, the challenge of achieving control over multiconfigurational reversible switches in low-dimensional nanostructures persists. Our work demonstrates multiple, fully reversible plasmon-driven spin-crossover switches in a single π-d metal-organic chain suspended between two electrodes. The plasmonic nanocavity stimulated by external visible light allows for reversible spin crossover between low- and high-spin states of different cobalt centers within the chain. We show that the distinct spin configurations remain stable for minutes under cryogenic conditions and can be nonperturbatively detected by conductance measurements. This multiconfigurational plasmon-driven spin-crossover demonstration extends the available toolset for designing optoelectrical molecular devices based on SCO compounds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aleš Cahlík
- Institute
of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 16200, Czech Republic
- Department
of Physics, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 16200, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 16200, Czech Republic
- Institute
of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory
for X-ray Nanoscience and Technologies, Paul-Scherrer-Institut (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 16200, Czech Republic
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- Aix
Marseille Université, CINaM UMR 7325 CNRS, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille
cedex 09, France
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- Institute
of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 16200, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 16200, Czech Republic
- Regional
Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology
and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký
University Olomouc, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Taube C, Fidelius J, Schwedtmann K, Ziegler C, Kreuter F, Loots L, Barbour LJ, Tonner-Zech R, Wolf R, Weigand JJ. Visible-Light-Triggered Photoswitching of Diphosphene Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306706. [PMID: 37671442 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Although diphosphene transition metal complexes are known to undergo E to Z isomerization upon irradiation with UV light, their potential for photoswitching has remained poorly explored. In this study, we present diphosphene complexes capable of reversible photoisomerizations through haptotropic rearrangements. The compounds [(2-κ2 P,κ6 C)Mo(CO)2 ][OTf] (3 a[OTf]), [(2-κ2 P,κ6 C)Fe(CO)][OTf] (3 b[OTf]), and [(2-κ2 P)Fe(CO)4 ][OTf] (4[OTf]) were prepared using the triflate salt [(LC )P=P(Dipp)][OTf] (2[OTf) as a precursor (LC =4,5-dichloro-1,3-bis(2,6-diisiopropylphenyl)-imidazolin-2-yl; Dipp=2,6-diisiopropylphenyl, OTf=triflate). Upon exposure to blue or UV light (λ=400 nm, 470 nm), the initially red-colored η2 -diphosphene complexes 3 a,b[OTf] readily undergo isomerization to form blue-colored η1 -complexes [(2-κ1 P,κ6 C)M(CO)n ][OTf] (5 a,b[OTf]; a: M=Mo, n=2; b: M=Fe, n=1). This haptotropic rearrangement is reversible, and the (κ2 P,κ6 C)-coordination mode gradually reverts back upon dissolution in coordinating solvents or more rapidly upon exposure to yellow or red irradiation (λ=590 nm, 630 nm). The electronic reasons for the reversible visible-light-induced photoswitching observed for 3 a,b[OTf] are elucidated by DFT calculations. These calculations indicate that the photochromic isomerization originates from the S1 excited state and proceeds through a conical intersection.
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- Clemens Taube
- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Universität Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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- Wilhelm Ostwald Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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- Wilhelm Ostwald Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Universität Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
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Mishra E, Ekanayaka TK, Panagiotakopoulos T, Le D, Rahman TS, Wang P, McElveen KA, Phillips JP, Zaid Zaz M, Yazdani S, N'Diaye AT, Lai RY, Streubel R, Cheng R, Shatruk M, Dowben PA. Electronic structure of cobalt valence tautomeric molecules in different environments. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:2044-2053. [PMID: 36597843 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06834f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Future molecular microelectronics require the electronic conductivity of the device to be tunable without impairing the voltage control of the molecular electronic properties. This work reports the influence of an interface between a semiconducting polyaniline polymer or a polar poly-D-lysine molecular film and one of two valence tautomeric complexes, i.e., [CoIII(SQ)(Cat)(4-CN-py)2] ↔ [CoII(SQ)2(4-CN-py)2] and [CoIII(SQ)(Cat)(3-tpp)2] ↔ [CoII(SQ)2(3-tpp)2]. The electronic transitions and orbitals are identified using X-ray photoemission, X-ray absorption, inverse photoemission, and optical absorption spectroscopy measurements that are guided by density functional theory. Except for slightly modified binding energies and shifted orbital levels, the choice of the underlying substrate layer has little effect on the electronic structure. A prominent unoccupied ligand-to-metal charge transfer state exists in [CoIII(SQ)(Cat)(3-tpp)2] ↔ [CoII(SQ)2(3-tpp)2] that is virtually insensitive to the interface between the polymer and tautomeric complexes in the CoII high-spin state.
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- Esha Mishra
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68588, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
- Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
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Pour YS, Safaei E, Wojtczak A, Jagličić Z. Valence tautomerism in catecholato cobalt Bis(phenolate) diamine complexes as models for Enzyme–substrate adducts of catechol dioxygenases. Polyhedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang JH, Dai JW, Li ZY, Yamashita M. Strong antiferromagnetic coupling of the cobalt(ii)–semiquinone radical in a dinuclear complex with 2,2′-bipyrimidine ligands. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj00767f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
A new dinuclear cobalt(ii)–semiquinone radical complex was synthesised and displayed strong antiferromagnetic exchange coupling, having −90.25 cm−1 of a J value, between the cobalt(ii) centres and semiquinone radicals.
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- Jin-Hua Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300350
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300350
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300350
- P. R. China
- WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR)
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Ash R, Zhang K, Vura-Weis J. Photoinduced valence tautomerism of a cobalt-dioxolene complex revealed with femtosecond M-edge XANES. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:104201. [PMID: 31521068 DOI: 10.1063/1.5115227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Cobalt complexes that undergo charge-transfer induced spin-transitions or valence tautomerism from low spin CoIII to high spin (HS) CoII are potential candidates for magneto-optical switches. We use M2,3-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy with 40 fs time resolution to measure the excited-state dynamics of CoIII(Cat-N-SQ)(Cat-N-BQ), where Cat-N-BQ and Cat-N-SQ are the singly and doubly reduced forms of the 2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl-imino)-4,6-di-tert-butylcyclohexa-3,5-dienone ligand. The extreme ultraviolet probe pulses, produced using a tabletop high-harmonic generation light source, measure 3p → 3d transitions and are sensitive to the spin and oxidation state of the Co center. Photoexcitation at 525 nm produces a low-spin CoII ligand-to-metal charge transfer state which undergoes intersystem crossing to high-spin CoII in 67 fs. Vibrational cooling from this hot HS CoII state competes on the hundreds-of-fs time scale with back-intersystem crossing to the ground state, with 60% of the population trapped in a cold HS CoII state for 24 ps. Ligand field multiplet simulations accurately reproduce the ground-state spectra and support the excited-state assignments. This work demonstrates the ability of M2,3-edge XANES to measure ultrafast photophysics of molecular Co complexes.
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- Ryan Ash
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3028, USA
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Hathwar VR, Stingaciu M, Richter B, Overgaard J, Iversen BB. Variable-temperature structural studies on valence tautomerism in cobalt bis(dioxolene) molecular complexes. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B, STRUCTURAL SCIENCE, CRYSTAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS 2017; 73:304-312. [PMID: 28362295 DOI: 10.1107/s2052520616019235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
A variable-temperature single-crystal structural study of five valence tautomeric cobalt molecular complexes, CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2(DBPy)2 (1), CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2(DBPy)2·1.33C7H8 (1S), CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2(DCPy)2·C7H8 (2S), CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2(TBPy)2 (3) and CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2(TCPy)2 (4) (S = toluene, 3,5-DBSQ = 3,5-di-tert-butylsemiquinonate, DBPy = 3,5-dibromopyridine, DCPy = 3,5-dichloropyridine, TBPy = 3,4,5-tribromopyridine and TCPy = 3,4,5-trichloropyridine) is reported. The re-crystallization of (1S) in toluene at 277 K resulted in a concomitant formation of a solvent-free polymorph, CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2(DBPy)2 (1). Thermally induced valence tautomerism (VT) is observed only in (1S), (1) and (2S) [hs-CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2L2 ↔ ls-CoIII(3,5-DBSQ)(3,5-DBCat)L2 (hs = high spin, ls = low spin, 3,5-DBCat = 3,5-di-tert-butylcatecholate)], whereas (3) and (4) remain locked in the hs-CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2 state during cooling of the sample. Multi-temperature single-crystal studies demonstrate the change in cobalt coordination environment during the VT conversion. The non-solvated compound (1) shows a sharp VT transition (T1/2 ∼ 245 K with ΔT ∼ 10 K) from hs-CoII(3,5-DBSQ)2(DBPy)2 to ls-CoIII(3,5-DBSQ)(3,5-DBCat)(DBPy)2 oxidation state, whereas the other polymorph with lattice solvent (1S) results in a broad transition (T1/2 ∼ 150 K with ΔT ∼ 100 K). This increase in the VT transition temperature for (1) relative to (1S) illustrates the effect of lattice solvent on the VT transition mechanism. Additionally, the influence of halogen substitutions on the pyridine ring is discussed with respect to observed VT behaviour in the studied compounds.
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- Venkatesha R Hathwar
- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNano, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C 8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNano, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C 8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNano, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C 8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNano, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C 8000, Denmark
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- Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNano, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, Aarhus C 8000, Denmark
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Liang HW, Kroll T, Nordlund D, Weng TC, Sokaras D, Pierpont CG, Gaffney KJ. Charge and Spin-State Characterization of Cobalt Bis(o-dioxolene) Valence Tautomers Using Co Kβ X-ray Emission and L-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopies. Inorg Chem 2016; 56:737-747. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- H. Winnie Liang
- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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