title: Unravelling the chemical design of spin-crossover nanoparticles based on iron(ii)-triazole coordination polymers: towards a control of the spin transition.
abstract: A systematic study of the key synthetic parameters that control the growth of spin-crossover (SCO) nanoparticles (NPs) using the reverse micelle technique has been undertaken in the system [Fe(Htrz)2(trz)](BF4)·H2O, (Htrz = 1,2,4-triazole). This has permitted us to modulate the physical properties of the NPs in a controlled and reproducible manner. In particular, a control over the size of the NPs (in the range 4 to 16 nm) has been achieved by varying the water to surfactant molar ratio. The consequences of this size variation on the cooperativity of the spin transition are discussed. Finally, this approach has been extended to the chemical alloy [Fe(Htrz)2.95(NH2trz)0.05](ClO4)2in order to prepare NPs exhibiting a cooperative and hysteretic spin transition centred closer to room temperature.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia Molecular , Universidad de Valencia , c/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2 , 46980 Paterna , Spain . Email: eugenio.coronado@uv.es; Institut Lavoisier CNRS UMR 8180 , Université de Versailles St Quentin-en-Yvelines , 45, Av. des Etats Unis , 78035 Versailles Cedex , France.
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giménez-Marqués
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia Molecular , Universidad de Valencia , c/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2 , 46980 Paterna , Spain . Email: eugenio.coronado@uv.es.
authors.forename: M Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: García-Sanz de Larrea
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencia Molecular , Universidad de Valencia , c/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2 , 46980 Paterna , Spain . Email: eugenio.coronado@uv.es.
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coronado