Photoswitchable spin-crossover films on ferromagnetic substrates (B13*)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation ; Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 13266514

Ultrathin films of photoswitchable spin-crossover complexes will be prepared on ferromagnetic substrates under ultrahigh vacuum conditions. The electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of the adsorbate-substrate systems will be comprehensively characterized by synchrotron-based electron spectroscopy techniques as a function of temperature and light irradiation. Novel iron-based coordination compounds will be synthesized to prevent substrate-induced fragmentation.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 677: Function by Switching
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Kai Rossnagel, since 7/2015; Professor Dr. Felix Tuczek, since 7/2015