Temperature- and light-induced spin crossover observed by X-ray spectroscopy on isolated Fe(II) complexes on gold

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1546-1552

  Warner, Ben ^a   Oberg, Jenny C ^a   Gill, Tobias G ^a   El Hallak, Fadi ^a   Hirjibehedin, Cyrus F ^a   Serri, Michele ^b   Heutz, Sandrine ^b   Arrio, Marie Anne ^c   Sainctavit, Philippe ^c   Mannini, Matteo ^d   Poneti, Giordano ^d,e   Sessoli, Roberta ^d   Rosa, Patrick ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e GUGLIELMO MARCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

iron complexes; spin crossover; submonolayer; UHV evaporation; X ray absorption

Indexed keywords

AU(111) SURFACES; IRON COMPLEX; ISOLATED MOLECULES; LIGHT-INDUCED; MONOLAYER COVERAGE; SPIN CROSSOVERS; SUBMONOLAYER; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTRUM;

IRON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; THICK FILMS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84877156388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4005619     Document Type: Article

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