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Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Extreme Nanowires and Other 1D Systems
Published on: April 28, 2016
Wet-chemistry assembly of one-dimensional nanowires: switching characteristics of a known spin-crossover iron(II)
Zoi G Lada1, Athanassios Chrissanthopoulos2, Spyros P Perlepes1,3
1Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Platani, P.O. Box 1414, Patras 26504, Greece. zoilada@iceht.forth.gr.
Abstract:
In this study, a simple, fast, one-pot approach for the isolation of nanowires (NWs) in coordination chemistry is reported. Nanowires (NWs) of spin-crossover (SCO) materials are extremely rare. Here, an innovative and easy synthetic process was developed to prepare NWs of a switchable polymorph of the known complex trans-[Fe(NCS)2(abpt)2] using a wet-chemistry approach for the first time; abpt is the bidentate chelating ligand 4-amino-3,5-bis(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole. The remarkable smoothness of the high-spin to low-spin transition, monitored through variable-temperature (300-80 K) Raman microscopy, compared with the sharp transition exhibited by the polycrystalline material, demonstrates the effect of the topological properties on the physical phenomena of the system.
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