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Reinhard M, Kunnus K, Ledbetter K, Biasin E, Zederkof DB, Alonso-Mori R, van Driel TB, Nelson S, Kozina M, Borkiewicz OJ, Lorenc M, Cammarata M, Collet E, Sokaras D, Cordones AA, Gaffney KJ. Observation of a Picosecond Light-Induced Spin Transition in Polymeric Nanorods. ACS NANO 2024; 18:15468-15476. [PMID: 38833689 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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Spin transition (ST) materials are attractive for developing photoswitchable devices, but their slow material transformations limit device applications. Size reduction could enable faster switching, but the photoinduced dynamics at the nanoscale remains poorly understood. Here, we report a femtosecond optical pump multimodal X-ray probe study of polymeric nanorods. Simultaneously tracking the ST order parameter with X-ray emission spectroscopy and structure with X-ray diffraction, we observe photodoping of the low-spin-lattice within ∼150 fs. Above a ∼16% photodoping threshold, the transition to the high-spin phase occurs following an incubation period assigned to vibrational energy redistribution within the nanorods activating the molecular spin switching. Above ∼60% photodoping, the incubation period disappears, and the transition completes within ∼50 ps, preceded by the elastic nanorod expansion in response to the photodoping. These results support the feasibility of ST material-based GHz optical switching applications.
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- Marco Reinhard
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)─UMR 6251, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)─UMR 6251, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes)─UMR 6251, 35000 Rennes, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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Torres Ramírez RG, Trzop E, Collet E. Magnetoelectric and MIESST effects in spin crossover materials exhibiting symmetry-breaking. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:10159-10167. [PMID: 38819197 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00672k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Giant magnetoelectric coupling and magnetic-field-induced spin state trapping (MIESST) were recently reported in spin crossover materials with polar phases. We discuss these phenomena considering the distinct contributions of the change of the molecular spin state, driven by the magnetic field, and the coupled structural symmetry-breaking during the stepwise change of electric polarisation or MIESST.
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- Ricardo G Torres Ramírez
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000 Rennes, France.
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000 Rennes, France.
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000 Rennes, France.
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Institut universitaire de France (IUF), France
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Hervé M, Privault G, Trzop E, Akagi S, Watier Y, Zerdane S, Chaban I, Torres Ramírez RG, Mariette C, Volte A, Cammarata M, Levantino M, Tokoro H, Ohkoshi SI, Collet E. Ultrafast and persistent photoinduced phase transition at room temperature monitored by streaming powder diffraction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:267. [PMID: 38267429 PMCID: PMC10808240 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44440-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Ultrafast photoinduced phase transitions at room temperature, driven by a single laser shot and persisting long after stimuli, represent emerging routes for ultrafast control over materials' properties. Time-resolved studies provide fundamental mechanistic insight into far-from-equilibrium electronic and structural dynamics. Here we study the photoinduced phase transformation of the Rb0.94Mn0.94Co0.06[Fe(CN)6]0.98 material, designed to exhibit a 75 K wide thermal hysteresis around room temperature between MnIIIFeII tetragonal and MnIIFeIII cubic phases. We developed a specific powder sample streaming technique to monitor by ultrafast X-ray diffraction the structural and symmetry changes. We show that the photoinduced polarons expand the lattice, while the tetragonal-to-cubic photoinduced phase transition occurs within 100 ps above threshold fluence. These results are rationalized within the framework of the Landau theory of phase transition as an elastically-driven and cooperative process. We foresee broad applications of the streaming powder technique to study non-reversible and ultrafast dynamics.
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- Marius Hervé
- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, Grenoble, France
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- SwissFEL, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, PSI, Switzerland
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France
- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, Grenoble, France
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- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan.
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- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes) - UMR 6251, 35000, Rennes, France.
- CNRS, Univ Rennes, DYNACOM (Dynamical Control of Materials Laboratory) - IRL 2015, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
- Institut universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France.
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Kelai M, Tauzin A, Railean A, Repain V, Lagoute J, Girard Y, Rousset S, Otero E, Mallah T, Boillot ML, Enachescu C, Bellec A. Interface versus Bulk Light-Induced Switching in Spin-Crossover Molecular Ultrathin Films Adsorbed on a Metallic Surface. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:1949-1954. [PMID: 36787373 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Spin-crossover molecules present the unique property of having two spin states that can be controlled by light excitation at low temperature. Here, we report on the photoexcitation of [FeII((3, 5-(CH3)2Pz)3BH)2] (Pz = pyrazolyl) ultrathin films, with thicknesses ranging from 0.9 to 5.3 monolayers, adsorbed on Cu(111) substrate. Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements, we confirm the anomalous light-induced spin-state switching observed for sub-monolayer coverage and demonstrate that it is confined to the first molecular layer in contact with the metallic substrate. For higher coverages, the well-known light-induced excited spin-state trapping effect is recovered. Combining continuous light excitation with thermal cycling, we demonstrate that at low temperature light-induced thermal hysteresis is measured for the thicker films, while for sub-monolayer coverage, the light enables extension of the thermal conversion over a large temperature range. Mechanoelastic simulations underline that, due to the intermolecular interactions, opposite behaviors are observed in the different layers composing the films.
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- Massine Kelai
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi 700506, Romania
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay, CNRS, UMR 8182, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi 700506, Romania
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, F-75013 Paris, France
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Ridier K, Nicolazzi W, Salmon L, Molnár G, Bousseksou A. Sequential Activation of Molecular and Macroscopic Spin-State Switching within the Hysteretic Region Following Pulsed Light Excitation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2105468. [PMID: 34817094 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Molecular spin-crossover (SCO) compounds constitute a promising class of photoactive materials exhibiting efficient photoinduced phase transitions (PIPTs). Taking advantage of the unique, picture-perfect reproducibility of the spin-transition properties in the compound [Fe(HB(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)3 )2 ], the spatiotemporal dynamics of the PIPT within the thermodynamic metastability (hysteretic) region of a single crystal is dissected, using pump-probe optical microscopy. Beyond a threshold laser-excitation density, complete PIPTs are evidenced, with conversion rates up to 200 switched molecules per absorbed photon. It is shown that the PIPT takes place through the sequential activation of two (molecular and macroscopic) switching mechanisms, occurring on sub-microsecond and millisecond timescales, governed by the intramolecular and free energy barriers of the system, respectively. The main finding here is that the thermodynamic metastability has strictly no influence on the sub-millisecond switching dynamics. Indeed, before this millisecond timescale, the response of the crystal to the laser excitation involves a gradual, molecular conversion process, as if there were no hysteresis loop. Consequently, in this regime, even a 100% photoinduced conversion may not give rise to a PIPT. These results provide new insight on the intrinsic dynamical limits of the PIPT, which is an important issue from a technological perspective.
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- Karl Ridier
- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS & Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 31077, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS & Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 31077, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS & Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 31077, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS & Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 31077, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS & Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, 31077, France
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Gournay L, Chaban I, Mevellec JY, Humbert B, Janod E, Guerin L, Cammarata M, Daro N, Chastanet G, Collet E. Shifting photo-stationary light-induced excited spin state trapping equilibrium towards higher temperature by increasing light fluence. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gong T, Hu Q, Nie X, Liu T, Wang H. Periodic Dynamic Regulation of MSCs Differentiation on Redox-Sensitive Elastic Switched Substrates. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:3612-3620. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Tao Gong
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, P. R. China
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- Medical College of Acu-Moxi and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, P. R. China
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Zerdane S, Cammarata M, Iasco O, Boillot ML, Collet E. Photoselective MLCT to d-d pathways for light-induced excited spin state trapping. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:171101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5127507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- S. Zerdane
- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, UMR 8182, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, UMR 8182, Orsay, France
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- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, F-35000 Rennes, France
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The Role of Vibrational Anharmonicity in the Computational Study of Thermal Spin Crossover. MAGNETOCHEMISTRY 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry5030049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Spin crossover in transition metal complexes can be studied in great detail with computational chemistry. Over the years, the understanding has grown that the relative stability of high-spin (HS) versus low-spin (LS) states is a subtle balance of many factors that all need to be taken into account for a reliable description. Among the different contributions, the zero-point energy (ZPE) and the entropy play key roles. These quantities are usually calculated assuming a harmonic oscillator model for the molecular vibrations. We investigated the impact of including anharmonic corrections on the ZPE and the entropy and indirectly on the critical temperature of spin crossover. As test systems, we used a set of ten Fe(II) complexes and one Fe(III) complex, covering different coordination modes (mono-, bi-, and tri-dentate ligands), decreasing coordination number upon spin crossover, coordination by second- and third-row atoms, and changes in the oxidation state. The results show that the anharmonicity has a measurable effect, but it is in general rather small, and tendencies are not easily recognized. As a conclusion, we put forward that for high precision results, one should be aware of the anharmonic effects, but as long as computational chemistry is still struggling with other larger factors like the influence of the environment and the accurate determination of the electronic energy difference between HS and LS, the anharmonicity of the vibrational modes is a minor concern.
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