title: The photo-thermal plasmonic effect in spin crossover@silica-gold nanocomposites.
abstract: Nanocomposite spin crossover (SCO) materials with gold nanoparticles (NPs) - displaying both electronic bistability and plasmonic properties - were synthesized and plasmon-enhanced photothermal spin state switching was evidenced. Using this effect, we demonstrated a three times reduction of the laser power needed for switching the new SCO@SiO2-gold nanocomposite compared to the pure coordination polymer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS & Université de Toulouse (INPT, UPS), Toulouse, France. lionel.salmon@lcc-toulouse.fr azzedine.bousseksou@lcc-toulouse.fr.
authors.forename: Iurii
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Suleimanov
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez Costa
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molnár
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: Azzedine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bousseksou