Valence tautomeric cobalt o-quinone complexes in a dual-mode switching array

Abstract

The characterization of valence tautomeric cobalt complexes with an array of four states, each with different optical and magnetic properties, is reported and it is shown that they can interconvert reversibly between the four states either thermally or by redox processes.

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