Cooperative formation of high-spin species in a photoexcited spin-crossover complex
Author(s) -
Yutaka Moritomo,
Muneaki Kamiya,
Arao Nakamura,
Akio Nakamoto,
Nobuhiko Kojima
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
physical review b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-4489
pISSN - 1098-0121
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.73.012103
Subject(s) - photoexcitation , physics , spin (aerodynamics) , condensed matter physics , excitation , radius , phase transition , spin crossover , ionic radius , atomic physics , excited state , ion , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , computer science , computer security
The dynamics of the photoinduced phase transition was investigated in a prototypical spin crossover complex, [Fe(ptz)6](BF4)2 (ptz=1-propyltetrazole), under photoexcitation at 77 K near the transition temperature (Tc=130 K). When the excitation power I exceeds [approximate]1 mW/mm2, we observed an "acceleration" of the creation rate of the density nHS of the high-spin (HS) species after a characteristic incubation period. The "acceleration" is interpreted in terms of the negative pressure effect; the photocreated HS species with a larger ionic radius expands the volume to cause the structural phase transition
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