Room-temperature spin crossover and Langmuir-Blodgett film formation of an iron(ii) triazole complex featuring a long alkyl chain substituent: The tail that wags the dog

Jonathan A. Kitchen, Nicholas G. White, Claudio Gandolfi, Martin Albrecht, Guy N.L. Jameson, Jeffery L. Tallon, Sally Brooker*

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Abstract

[FeII(C16dpt)2(NCS)2] ·H2O displays temperature-mediated spin crossover (SCO) with T = 290 K and the long alkyl chain substituent on the dipyridyltriazole ligand facilitates the formation of a stable Langmuir-Blodgett film at an air-water interface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6464-6466
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume46
Issue number35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Sept 2010
Externally publishedYes

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