Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Molecular-scale dynamics of light-induced spin cross-over in a two-dimensional layer

  • Kaushik Bairagi,
  • Olga Iasco,
  • Amandine Bellec,
  • Alexey Kartsev,
  • Dongzhe Li,
  • Jérôme Lagoute,
  • Cyril Chacon,
  • Yann Girard,
  • Sylvie Rousset,
  • Frédéric Miserque,
  • Yannick J Dappe,
  • Alexander Smogunov,
  • Cyrille Barreteau,
  • Marie-Laure Boillot,
  • Talal Mallah,
  • Vincent Repain

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12212
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Spin crossover molecules may find applications in ultimately small magnetic devices, given the sensitivity of their spin-states to external stimuli. Here, the authors show a light-induced transition between two ordered dynamic phases in two-dimensional spin crossover layers on a metallic surface.