Thermo- and electro-switchable Cs⊂{Fe<sub>4</sub>–Fe<sub>4</sub>} cubic cage: spin-transition and electrochromism
Jana Glatz, Lise‐Marie Chamoreau, Alexandrine Flambard, Jean‐François Meunier, Azzedine Bousseksou, Rodrigue Lescouëzec
Abstract
A mixed valence Cs⊂{Fe4-Fe4} cyanido-cube was synthesized and structurally characterized. The molecule, which is robust in solution, shows remarkable electronic versatility. Electrochromic properties associated with nine different electronic states are observed in solution together with a thermo-induced spin-transition in the solid state.
Topics & Concepts
ElectrochromismCageSpin (aerodynamics)Materials scienceChemistryCrystallographyCondensed matter physicsNanotechnologyPhysical chemistryPhysicsThermodynamicsElectrodeMathematicsCombinatoricsMagnetism in coordination complexesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes