title: Guest tunable structure and spin crossover properties in a nanoporous coordination framework material.
abstract: The electronic switching properties of the nanoporous spin crossover framework [Fe(NCS)(2)(bpbd)(2)] x x(guest), SCOF-2, can be rationally manipulated via sorption of a range of molecular guests (acetone, ethanol, methanol, propanol, 1-acetonitrile) into the 1-D channels of this material. Pronounced changes to the spin crossover properties are related directly to the steric and electronic influence of the individual guests: the degree of lattice cooperativity, as reflected in the abruptness of the transition and presence of hysteresis, is strongly influenced by the presence of cooperative host-guest interactions, and the temperature of the transition varies with guest polarity through a proposed electrostatic interaction.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Neville
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Halder
authors.forename: Karena W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: Martin B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Duriska
authors.forename: Boujemaa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moubaraki
authors.forename: Keith S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Cameron J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kepert