Spin-transition compounds are one of the most versatile types of molecular switch. 1–3 They
undergo an electronic rearrangement under a physical stimulus from a high-spin state, with …

The spin crossover phenomenon in molecular inorganic compounds is one of the most
spectacular examples of bistability phenomena leading to a switching between the high …

Spin-crossover compounds are becoming increasingly popular for device and sensor
applications, and in soft materials, that make use of their switchable colour, paramagnetism …

Dinuclear spin crossover molecules can adopt three different spin-pair states: a fully
diamagnetic low spin state,[LS–LS], with both iron (II) atoms in the LS state; a paramagnetic …

The first explanation of spin-crossover in iron (II) complexes was published in Chem.
Commun. in 1966. This has led to nearly 50 years of research in coordination chemistry …

A straightforward method for the reversible modification of solid-state properties is a goal
being constantly pursued in the development of molecular switches, and molecular …

Designing molecules that could be used for information processing and information storage
is one of the main challenges in molecular materials science. Molecules that are suitable for …

In molecular spin-crossover materials, the spin-state switching is strongly coupled with
changes in the structural degrees of freedom, which play a central role in the alteration of …

Metal–organic spin-crossover materials are of great current interest, 1 owing to their
potential applications in displays, or optical or dielectric memory devices. 2 Most of these …

Spin‐crossover metal complexes represent a highly promising class of molecular switches,
the diverse physicochemical properties of which can be reversibly changed by different …