Issue 9, 2012

Soft lithographic patterning of spin crossover complexes. Part 1: fluorescent detection of the spin transition in single nano-objects

Abstract

The investigation of size-reduction effects on the spin crossover properties of a class of transition metal complexes has recently become an area of intensive research. However, to avoid inter-particle interactions, ensemble averaging and matrix effects it is necessary to develop methods for the systematic study of individual nano-objects. To this aim thin films and nano-patterns of the compound [FeII(hptrz)3](OTs)2 doped with acridine orange were elaborated by spin coating and soft-lithography, respectively. The luminescence intensity was found to change significantly upon the spin transition even in isolated nano-objects of ca. 150 nm size, allowing us to monitor in a massively parallel way the spin crossover phenomenon in large arrays viafluorescence microscopy.

Graphical abstract: Soft lithographic patterning of spin crossover complexes. Part 1: fluorescent detection of the spin transition in single nano-objects

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Nov 2011
Accepted
12 Dec 2011
First published
13 Jan 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 3745-3751

Soft lithographic patterning of spin crossover complexes. Part 1: fluorescent detection of the spin transition in single nano-objects

C. M. Quintero, I. A. Gural'skiy, L. Salmon, G. Molnár, C. Bergaud and A. Bousseksou, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 3745 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM15662H

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