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Inside Front Cover: A Combined Top‐Down/Bottom‐Up Approach for the Nanoscale Patterning of Spin‐Crossover Coordination Polymers (Adv. Mater. 16/2007)
Author(s) -
Molnár G.,
Cobo S.,
Real J. A.,
Carcenac F.,
Daran E.,
Vieu C.,
Bousseksou A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200790060
Subject(s) - materials science , bistability , nanoscopic scale , schematic , polymer , nanotechnology , spin crossover , optoelectronics , condensed matter physics , composite material , electronic engineering , physics , engineering
The background scanning electron microscopy image shows nanometric patterns of the 3D spin crossover coordination polymer Fe(pyrazine)[Pt(CN) 4 ] (see schematic structure in the circle), which have been fabricated using a combination of lift‐off and multilayer sequential assembly methods. These patterns, reported by Gábor Molnár, Azzedine Bousseksou, and co‐workers on p. 2163, exhibit a bistability of their electronic states ( 1 A 1 ⇌ 5 T 2 ), and thus represent a novel platform for a wide array of potential applications.