Room-temperature spin crossover and Langmuir-Blodgett film formation of an iron(II) triazole complex featuring a long alkyl chain substituent: the tail that wags the dog.
[Fe(II)(C(16)dpt)(2)(NCS)(2)].(2/3)H(2)O displays temperature-mediated spin crossover (SCO) with T((1/2)) = 290 K and the long alkyl chain substituent on the dipyridyltriazole ligand facilitates the formation of a stable Langmuir-Blodgett film at an air-water interface.
Kitchen
Jonathan A
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Department of Chemistry and MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
White
Nicholas G
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Gandolfi
Claudio
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Albrecht
Martin
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Jameson
Guy N L
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Tallon
Jeffery L
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Brooker
Sally
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