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Yazdani, Saeed

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Perturbing the spin state and conduction of Fe (II) spin crossover complexes with TCNQ

In this study, we investigated modifications driven by 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) to the spin state configuration of [Fe(3-bpp) 2 ](TCNQ) 2 co-crystal and both spin state and electric conductivity of [Fe{H 2 B(pz) 2 } 2 (bipy)] and TCNQ mixtures. The Fe 2+ site in the [Fe(3-bpp) 2 ](TCNQ) 2 co-crystal has a sizable orbital moment. During X-ray absorption measurements, the iron ion is partially excited to the high spin state and strong surface effects are indicated. Mixing TCNQ with the [Fe{H 2 B(pz) 2 } 2 (bipy)] spin crossover complex leads to a molecular combination with increased conductivity and drift carrier lifetimes. [Fe{H 2 B(pz) 2 } 2 (bipy)] thin films with TCNQ, grown using dimethylformamide (DMF), are to great extent locked mainly in the low spin (LS) state across a broad temperature range and exhibit drift carrier lifetimes approaching 0.5 s. When deposited onto a ferroelectric polyvinylidenefluoride-hexafluoropropylene thin film substrate, [Fe{H 2 B(pz) 2 } 2 (bipy)], shows enhanced transistor carrier mobility, likely associated with the increasing cationic character of [Fe{H 2 B(pz) 2 } 2 (bipy)] thin films with TCNQ.

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Evidence of dynamical effects and critical field in a cobalt spin crossover complex

The [Co(SQ) 2 (4-CN-py) 2 ] complex exhibits dynamical effects over a wide range of temperature. Additionally, the orbital moment, determined by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) with decreasing applied magnetic field, indicates a nonzero critical field for net alignment of magnetic moments, an effect not seen with the spin moment of [Co(SQ) 2 (4-CN-py) 2 ].

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Magnetic Field Perturbations to a Soft X-ray-Activated Fe (II) Molecular Spin State Transition

The X-ray-induced spin crossover transition of an Fe (II) molecular thin film in the presence and absence of a magnetic field has been investigated. The thermal activation energy barrier in the soft X-ray activation of the spin crossover transition for [Fe{H2B(pz)2}2(bipy)] molecular thin films is reduced in the presence of an applied magnetic field, as measured through X-ray absorption spectroscopy at various temperatures. The influence of a 1.8 T magnetic field is sufficient to cause deviations from the expected exponential spin state transition behavior which is measured in the field free case. We find that orbital moment diminishes with increasing temperature, relative to the spin moment in the vicinity of room temperature.

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