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Nanocrystalline Polymer Impregnated [Fe(pz)Pt(CN) 4 ] Thin Films Prepared by Matrix‐Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation
Author(s) -
Sawczak Mirosław,
Jendrzejewski Rafał,
Maskowicz Dominik,
Garcia Yann,
Ghosh Astha C.,
Gazda Maria,
Czechowski Jakub,
Śliwiński Gerard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201900231
Subject(s) - nanocrystalline material , thin film , chemistry , evaporation , raman spectroscopy , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , pulsed laser deposition , chemical engineering , materials science , nanotechnology , crystallography , organic chemistry , optics , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
In this work, the fabrication of [Fe(pz)Pt(CN) 4 ] (pz = pyrazine) thin films by means of matrix‐assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) was investigated. As starting material, a cryogenically cooled suspension of nanocrystalline [Fe(pz)Pt(CN) 4 ] (0.35wt.‐%) in a mixture of 1,1 ‐dichloroethane and polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used. Films of a thickness up to 150–200 nm were deposited on Si substrates by laser ablation at λ = 1064 nm of the cryogenically cooled material. PEG impregnated films exhibit a cooperative first‐order hysteretic spin crossover behavior around 155 K as detected by Raman spectroscopy. Most interestingly, deposition of a crystalline material was achieved through MAPLE deposition.