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Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS & Université de Toulouse (UPS, INP), 31077 Toulouse, France
E-mail: azzedine.bousseksou@lcc-toulouse.fr
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Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR5253, Chimie Moléculaire et Organisation du Solide, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier cedex 5, France
New J. Chem., 2011,35, 2081-2088
DOI:
10.1039/C1NJ20218A
Received
08 Mar 2011,
Accepted
12 Apr 2011
First published online
25 May 2011
Nanoparticles of the spin crossover complex [Fe(NH2trz)3](tosylate)2 (tosylate = p-toluene sulfonate anion) were synthesized and dispersed in a non-ionic surfactant through a microemulsion-based method. Dynamic light scattering and transmission electronic microscopy was used to determine the mean sizes of the particles, which can be tuned from 3–4 nm to 40 nm depending on the synthetic conditions. The thermal spin crossover behavior remains cooperative and appears only weekly dependent on the particle size within this size range. The thermal treatment of the colloidal suspensions leads to the transformation of the particles into fibrous structures. On the other hand, the destabilization of the microemulsions by an adequate solvent leads to a powder with larger particles, which display properties similar to the bulk material.
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