Molecular Magnetic Materials -M3 Lab

This paper was interrupted by Covid and relocations to new universities by us and our collaborator, now at AUT in NZ.
The work began life as a senior project by Piw Peeranuch, with polish and repeat studies done by Theerapoom Boonprab.
The paper demonstrates that not only can we make iron(III) spin crossover complexes with long alkyl chains but these self-assemble into thin films. Being a bit of a structural geek I was really pleased to see how the complexes pack into interdigitated layers.
While we were unable to definitively say whether spin crossover occurs in the films, this seems likely and we are actively pursuing other substrates and hope to report these soon.
Link to the paper: https://pubs.rsc.org/.../articlelanding/2024/ra/d4ra06111j

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