First evidence of light-induced spin transition in molybdenum(IV)

N Bridonneau; J Long; J-L Cantin; J von Bardeleben; S Pillet; E-E Bendeif; D Aravena; E Ruiz; V Marvaud

doi:10.1039/c5cc01714a

First evidence of light-induced spin transition in molybdenum(IV)

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 May 14;51(39):8229-32. doi: 10.1039/c5cc01714a.

Authors

N Bridonneau¹, J Long, J-L Cantin, J von Bardeleben, S Pillet, E-E Bendeif, D Aravena, E Ruiz, V Marvaud

Affiliation

¹ IPCM-CNRS-UMR-8232, UPMC-Univ. Paris 6, cc 42, 4 place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France. [email protected].

PMID: 25847053
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01714a

Abstract

Photo-induced spin transition in a molybdenum-zinc complex has been evidenced and fully characterized by Squid magnetometry and several spectroscopies performed under irradiation (IR, EPR, etc.). The phenomenon has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and DFT calculations yielding a Light-Induced Excited Spin State Trapping Effect (LIESST) on a 4d transition metal ion.