852043-04-0Relevant articles and documents
Spin-crossover dendrimers: Generation number-dependent cooperativity for thermal spin transition
Fujigaya, Tsuyohiko,Jiang, Dong-Lin,Aida, Takuzo
, p. 5484 - 5489 (2005)
Poly(benzyl ether) dendrons having a focal triazole unit (Gntrz: trz = triazole; n = generation number = 0-2) were found to react with (MeSO 3)2Fe to form dendritic coordination polymers ([Fe(Gntrz)3]-(MeSO3)2·2H2O) that undergo the thermal spin transition. When the generation number of the dendritic unit was larger (n = 0 → 1 → 2), the average degree of polymerization (Dp = 20 → 10 → 3) and spin-crossover temperature (Tc = 335 → 315 → 300 K) of the resulting polymer were lower. However, the abruptness of the spin transition was not monotonically dependent on the generation number; (G1trz)Fe exhibited an abrupt spin transition with a temperature width of only 10 K, while the smallest and largest members of the (Gntrz)Fe family both displayed a rather broad spin-transition temperature width (30 (n = 0) and 50 K (n = 2)). X-ray diffraction and calorimetric analyses indicated the presence of a discotic columnar core-shell assembly with a crystal lattice best occupied by a C 3v symmetric array of medium-sized (G1trz)-Fe.
Switching of Spin States Triggered by a Phase Transition: Spin-Crossover Properties of Self-Assembled Iron(II) Complexes with Alkyl-Tethered Triazole Ligands
Fujigaya, Tsuyohiko,Jiang, Dong-Lin,Aida, Takuzo
, p. 14690 - 14691 (2007/10/03)
Iron(II) complexes of triazole derivatives having two C12 and C16 long alkyl chains, (C12trz)FeII and (C16trz)FeII, serve as novel spin-crossover materials, which display a spin-state transition in response to a phase transition. In contrast, a triazole complex with two C8 alkyl chains ((C8trz)FeII) exhibits only a poor response. EXAFS and XRD analyses of (C16trz)FeII indicate an interdigitating self-assembled structure of polynuclear iron(II) species. According to DSC, VT-IR, and VT-XRD profiles, the spin-state transition is triggered by melting of the interdigitating alkyl chains, which is likely responsible for the lock-and-release feature of the spin state. By virtue of the thermoreversibility of the phase transition, the spin crossover could be repeated without deterioration. Copyright