Halcrow M.A. Spin-Crossover Materials: Properties and Applications

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2013. – 562 p. – ISBN: 1119998670.The phenomenon of spin-crossover has a large impact on the physical properties of a solid material, including its colour, magnetic moment, and electrical resistance. Some materials also show a structural phase change during the transition. Several practical applications of spin-crossover materials have been demonstrated including display and memory devices, electrical and electroluminescent devices, and MRI contrast agents. Switchable liquid crystals, nanoparticles, and thin films of spin-crossover materials have also been achieved.
Spin-Crossover Materials: Properties and Applications presents a comprehensivesurvey of recent developments in spin-crossover research, highlighting the multidisciplinary nature of this rapidly expanding field. Following an introductory chapter which describes the spin-crossover phenomenon and historical development of the field, the book goes on to cover a wide range of topics including
Spin-crossover in mononuclear, polynuclear and polymeric complexes
Structure: function relationships in molecular spin-crossover materials
Charge-transfer-induced spin-transitions
Reversible spin-pairing in crystalline organic radicals
Spin-state switching in solution
Spin-crossover compounds in multifunctional switchable materials and nanotechnology
Physical and theoretical methods for studying spin-crossover materials
Spin-Crossover Materials: Properties and Applications is a valuable resource for academic researchers working in the field of spin-crossover materials and topics related to crystal engineering, solid state chemistry and physics, and molecular materials. Postgraduate students will also find this book useful as a comprehensive introduction to the field.The Development of Spin-Crossover Research
Novel Mononuclear Spin-Crossover Complexes
Spin-Crossover in Discrete Polynuclear Complexes
Polymeric Spin-Crossover Materials
Structure:Function Relationships in Molecular Spin-Crossover Materials
Charge Transfer-Induced Spin-Transitions in Cyanometallate Materials
Valence Tautomeric Transitions in Cobalt-dioxolene Complexes
Reversible Spin Pairing in Crystalline Organic Radicals
Breathing Crystals from Copper Nitroxyl Complexes
Spin-State Switching in Solution
Multifunctional Materials Combining Spin-Crossover with Conductivity and Magnetic Ordering
Amphiphilic and Liquid Crystalline Spin-Crossover Complexes
Luminescent Spin-Crossover Materials
Nanoparticles, Thin Films and Surface Patterns from Spin-Crossover Materials and Electrical Spin State Control
Ultrafast Studies of the Light-Induced Spin Change in Fe(II)-Polypyridine Complexes
Real-Time Observation of Spin-Transitions by Optical Microscopy
Theoretical Prediction of Spin-Crossover at the Molecular Level
Theoretical Descriptions of Spin-Transitions in Bulk Lattices
Optimizing the Stability of Trapped Metastable Spin States
Piezo- and Photo-Crystallography Applied to Spin-Crossover Materials
Spin-Transitions in Metal Oxides