TY - JOUR
T1 - High-spin to low-spin relaxation kinetics in the [Fe(TRIM) 2]Cl2 complex
AU - Bonhommeau, Sébastien
AU - Bréfuel, Nicolas
AU - Pálfi, Villö K.
AU - Molnár, Gábor
AU - Zwick, Antoine
AU - Salmon, Lionel
AU - Tuchagues, Jean Pierre
AU - Costa, José Sanchez
AU - Létard, Jean François
AU - Paulsen, Hauke
AU - Bousseksou, Azzedine
PY - 2005/8/7
Y1 - 2005/8/7
N2 - A quasi-quantitative photo-induced low-spin (LS) → high-spin (HS) conversion of FeII ions has been observed in the [Fe(TRIM) 2]Cl2 complex by irradiating the sample with blue light (488 nm) at 10 K. The time dependence of the HS → LS relaxation has been studied between 10 K and 44 K by means of magnetic susceptibility measurements. These relaxation curves could be satisfactorily fitted by mono-exponential decays including tunnelling effect except for temperatures below 30 K. The introduction of a distribution of vibrational frequencies into this model improved significantly the fits in the low-temperature range and gave a good agreement with the experimental data in the whole temperature range suggesting a multi-rate relaxation process in this complex.
AB - A quasi-quantitative photo-induced low-spin (LS) → high-spin (HS) conversion of FeII ions has been observed in the [Fe(TRIM) 2]Cl2 complex by irradiating the sample with blue light (488 nm) at 10 K. The time dependence of the HS → LS relaxation has been studied between 10 K and 44 K by means of magnetic susceptibility measurements. These relaxation curves could be satisfactorily fitted by mono-exponential decays including tunnelling effect except for temperatures below 30 K. The introduction of a distribution of vibrational frequencies into this model improved significantly the fits in the low-temperature range and gave a good agreement with the experimental data in the whole temperature range suggesting a multi-rate relaxation process in this complex.
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U2 - 10.1039/b504614a
DO - 10.1039/b504614a
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 16189610
AN - SCOPUS:23844496432
SN - 1463-9076
VL - 7
SP - 2909
EP - 2914
JO - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
JF - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
IS - 15
ER -