title: Multifunctional gels from polymeric spin-crossover metallo-gelators.
abstract: The gelation abilities toward organic solvents of a series of triazole-based coordination polymers of formula [M(C(n)trz)(3)]A(2) (M = Fe(II) or Zn(II); C(n)trz = 4-n-alkyl-1,2,4-triazole with n = 13, 16, 18; A = monovalent anions, abbreviated as MC(n)A) have been studied to form thermally responsive multifunctional metallogels, in particular for the iron polymers that present the spin-crossover phenomenon. Indeed thermo-reversible physical gels exhibiting thermally reversible magnetic and optical crossovers are formed in decane and toluene. The FeC(18)ptol/decane and FeC(18)ptol/toluene phase diagrams are described (ptol = p-toluene sulfonate anion), together with the rheological properties of the gels determined as a function of the solvent, the gelator concentration as well as temperature. Microscopic observations of the gel structure are correlated to the composition and rheological properties of the gels. Magnetic and thermal studies show that both the gel-liquid and spin-crossover phenomena can be adjusted through the composition of the gel mixture.
authors.affiliation: CNRS, UPR 8641, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Equipe Matériaux Moléculaires Magnétiques, 115 avenue du Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Pessac, F-33600, France.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grondin
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Roubeau
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saadaoui
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colin
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clérac