What is it about?
In this work an iron complex reversibly switches between two magnetic states via a very rare intermediate state which persists for almost 100 K. The structure shows a single magnetic site at low and high temperature and two magnetic sites in the intermediate region - a process known as symmetry breaking.
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Why is it important?
The uniqueness of the study lies in the fact that the intermediate state persists for 96 K - the widest yet reported. The presence of three magnetic states may also allow a new type of molecular transistor to be fabricated increasing data storage capacity.
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This page is a summary of: Abrupt two-step and symmetry breaking spin crossover in an iron(iii) complex: an exceptionally wide [LS–HS] plateau, Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry,
DOI: 10.1039/c4dt03184a.
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