Progress of Multi Functional Properties of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid System, A[FeIIFeIIIX3] (A = (n-CnH2n+1)4N, Spiropyran; X = C2O2S2, C2OS3, C2O3S)

In the case of mixed-valence systems whose spin states are situated in the spin crossover region, new types of conjugated phenomena coupled with spin and charge are expected. From this viewpoint, we have investigated the multifunctional properties coupled with spin, charge and photon for the organic-inorganic hybrid system, A[Fe II Fe III X3](A = (n-CnH2n+1)4N, spiropyran; X = dto(C2O2S2), tto(C2OS3), mto(C2O3S)). A[Fe II Fe III (dto)3] and A[Fe II Fe III (tto)3] undergo the ferromagnetic phase transitions, while A[Fe II Fe III (mto)3] undergoes a ferrimagnetic transition. In (n-CnH2n+1)4N [Fe II Fe III (dto)3](n = 3,4), a new type of phase transition called charge transfer phase transition (CTPT) takes place around 120 K, where the thermally induced charge transfer between Fe II and Fe III occurs reversibly. At the CTPT, the iron valence state dynamically fluctuated with a frequency of about 0.1 MHz, which was confirmed by means of muon spin relaxation. The charge transfer phase transition and the ferromagnetic transition for (n-CnH2n+1)4N[Fe II Fe III (dto)3] remarkably depend on the size of intercalated cation. In the case of (SP)[Fe II Fe III (dto)3](SP = spiropyran), the photoinduced isomerization of SP under UV irradiation induces the charge transfer phase transition in the [Fe II Fe III (dto)3] layer and the remarkable change of the ferromagnetic transition temperature. In the case of (n-CnH2n+1)4N[Fe II Fe III (mto)3](mto = C2O3S), a rapid spin equilibrium between the high-spin state (S = 5/2) and the low-spin state (S = 1/2) at the Fe III O3S3 site takes place in a wide temperature range, which induces the valence fluctuation of the FeS3O3 and FeO6 sites through the ferromagnetic coupling OPEN ACCESS Materials 2010, 3 3142 between the low spin state (S = 1/2) of the Fe III S3O3 site and the high spin state (S = 2) of the Fe II O6 site.