Repozytorium

The kinetics features of a thermal spin transition characterized by optical microscopy on the example of [Fe(bbtr)3](ClO4)2 single crystals: size effect and mechanical instability.

Autorzy

C. Chong

A. Slimani

F. Varret

K. Boukheddaden

E. Collet

J.-C. Ameline

Robert Bronisz

Andreas Hauser

Rok wydania

2011

Czasopismo

Chemical Physics Letters

Numer woluminu

504

Strony

29-33

DOI

10.1016/j.cplett.2011.01.041

Kolekcja

Naukowa

Język

Angielski

Typ publikacji

Artykuł

Streszczenie

We investigated by optical microscopy the thermal spin transition in single crystals of [Fe(bbtr)3](ClO4)2 (bbtr = 1,4-di(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl) butane). The growth of the low-spin phase was observed for different crystal orientations and sizes. The process always started from a corner of the crystal but its further development depended on the size, shape and thermal history of the crystal. In crystals of smaller size, under isothermal conditions, the low-spin phase developed in a continuous way, through the propagation of a rather well defined transformation front, with a higher propagation velocity inside the planes perpendicular to the c axis. In larger crystals the spontaneous occurrence of inhomogeneous stresses led to a stepwise propagation process.

Adres publiczny

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2011.01.041

Strona internetowa wydawcy

http://www.elsevier.com

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