Stress-Induced Domain Wall Motion in a Ferroelastic Mn3+ Spin Crossover Complex

  • Vibe B. Jakobsen
  • , Elzbieta Trzop
  • , Laurence C. Gavin
  • , Emiel Dobbelaar
  • , Shalinee Chikara
  • , Xiaxin Ding
  • , Kane Esien
  • , Helge Müller-Bunz
  • , Solveig Felton
  • , Vivien S. Zapf
  • , Eric Collet
  • , Michael A. Carpenter
  • , Grace G. Morgan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Domain wall motion is detected for the first time during the transition to a ferroelastic and spin state ordered phase of a spin crossover complex. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) revealed two distinct symmetry-breaking phase transitions in the mononuclear Mn3+ compound [Mn(3,5-diBr-sal2(323))]BPh4, 1. The first at 250 K, involves the space group change Cc→Pc and is thermodynamically continuous, while the second, Pc→P1 at 85 K, is discontinuous and related to spin crossover and spin state ordering. Stress-induced domain wall mobility was interpreted on the basis of a steep increase in acoustic loss immediately below the the Pc-P1 transition.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13405-13412
Number of pages8
JournalAngewandte Chemie
Volume132
Issue number32
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 08 Jun 2020

Keywords

  • domain wall
  • ferroelastic materials
  • manganese(III)
  • spin crossover
  • structural phase transition

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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