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Inside Cover: A Nanoscale Molecular Switch Triggered by Thermal, Light, and Guest Perturbation (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 14/2009)
Author(s) -
Duriska Martin B.,
Neville Suzanne M.,
Moubaraki Boujemaa,
Cashion John D.,
Halder Gregory J.,
Chapman Karena W.,
Balde Chérif,
Létard JeanFrançois,
Murray Keith S.,
Kepert Cameron J.,
Batten Stuart R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200990066
Subject(s) - spin crossover , irradiation , materials science , molecule , nanoscopic scale , molecular switch , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , crystallography , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , nuclear physics
Continuous switching between high‐spin and low‐spin magnetic states can be accomplished by irradiation with red and green laser light, respectively. In their Communication on page 2549 ff., S. R. Batten and co‐workers report a metallo‐supramolecule that undergoes spin crossover (SCO) switching induced by temperature change or light irradiation. The SCO behavior is also dependent on the presence and nature of intercalated solvent molecules within the porous crystal structure.