Spatio-temporal Investigations of the Incomplete Spin Transition in a Single Crystal of [Fe(2-pytrz)2{Pt(CN)4}]·3H2O: Experiment and Theory - Université de Bretagne Occidentale
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Spatio-temporal Investigations of the Incomplete Spin Transition in a Single Crystal of [Fe(2-pytrz)2{Pt(CN)4}]·3H2O: Experiment and Theory

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Optical microscopy technique is used to investigate the thermal and the spatio-temporal properties of the spin-crossover single crystal [Fe(2-pytrz) 2 {Pt(CN) 4 }]·3H 2 O, which exhibits a first-order spin transition from a full high-spin (HS) state at high temperature to an intermediate, high-spin low-spin (HS-LS) state, below 153 K, where only one of the two crystallographic Fe(II) centers switches from the HS to HS-LS state. In comparison with crystals undergoing a complete spin transition, the present transformation involves smaller volume changes at the transition, which helps to preserving the crystal’s integrity. By analyzing the spatio-temporal properties of this spin transition, we evidenced a direct correlation between the orientation and shape of HS/HS-LS domain wall with the crystal’s shape. Thanks to the small volume change accompanying this spin transition, the analysis of the experimental data by an anisotropic reaction-diffusion model becomes very relevant and leads to an excellent agreement with the experimental observations.
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hal-02163106 , version 1 (11-01-2024)

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Houcem Fourati, Guillaume Bouchez, Miguel Paez-Espejo, Smail Triki, Kamel Boukheddaden. Spatio-temporal Investigations of the Incomplete Spin Transition in a Single Crystal of [Fe(2-pytrz)2{Pt(CN)4}]·3H2O: Experiment and Theory. Crystals, 2019, 9 (1), pp.46. ⟨10.3390/cryst9010046⟩. ⟨hal-02163106⟩
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