Does the solid-liquid crystal phase transition provoke the spin-state change in spin-crossover metallomesogens?

…, V Ksenofontov, Y Galyametdinov, J Kusz…

Index: Seredyuk; Gaspar; Ksenofontov; Galyametdinov; Kusz; Guetlich Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008 , vol. 130, # 4 p. 1431 - 1439

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Abstract

Three types of interplay/synergy between spin-crossover (SCO) and liquid crystalline (LC) phase transitions can be predicted:(i) systems with coupled phase transitions, where the structural changes associated to the Cr↔ LC phase transition drives the spin-state transition,(ii) systems where both transitions coexist in the same temperature region but are not coupled, and (iii) systems with uncoupled phase transitions. Here we present a new ...