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Junqiu Li1, Shuqi Wu1, Shengqun Su1
1Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
Abstract:
Some cyanide-bridged complexes are known for exhibiting slow magnetic relaxation behavior in a light-induced metastable state. Herein, an unexpected reverse effect is observed for the first time in the S= {FeII LS -CoIII LS -FeIII LS } (HS=high spin, LS=low spin) ground state of a novel V-shaped trinuclear cyanide-bridged {Fe2 Co} complex. In this complex, light-switchable iron-cobalt charge transfer with repeatable off/on switching of slow magnetic relaxation is discovered upon alternating laser irradiation at 785 and 560 nm. An important characteristic of the present compound is that the S= ground state exhibits slow magnetic relaxation before irradiation, whereas this is accelerated after irradiation. This is different from the typical behavior, where the light-induced metastable state exhibits slow magnetic relaxation.
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