Issue 15, 2021

Spin crossover phenomena in long chain alkylated complexes

Abstract

Soft materials represented by polymers, liquid crystals, and colloids are a class of materials that exhibit a variety of unique functionalities which derive from their non-rigid structures. In particular, soft metal complexes incorporating flexible long alkyl chains in their structures have been shown to display synergy between the structural dynamics of the long alkyl chain moieties and the electron dynamics occurring at the metal centre. This review presents a discussion of such soft metal complexes with a focus on spin crossover (SCO) behaviours that are associated with a structural phase transition, including a liquid crystal (LC) transition, arising from the flexible natures of the respective complexes. We also discuss how to fabricate soft materials based on SCO complexes.

Graphical abstract: Spin crossover phenomena in long chain alkylated complexes

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
01 yan 2021
Accepted
16 fev 2021
First published
23 fev 2021

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 5065-5079

Spin crossover phenomena in long chain alkylated complexes

R. Akiyoshi, R. Ohtani, L. F. Lindoy and S. Hayami, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 5065 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00004G

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