Issue 16, 2024

Acoustic emissions from spin crossover complexes

Abstract

Acoustic emission from the compounds [Fe(HB(tz)3)2] and [Fe(Htrz)(trz)2]BF4 was detected during the thermally induced spin transition and is correlated with simultaneously recorded calorimetric signals. We ascribe this phenomenon to elastic waves produced by microstructural and volume changes accompanying the spin transition. Despite the perfect reversibility of the spin state switching (seen by the calorimeter), the acoustic emission activity decreases for successive thermal cycles, revealing thus irreversible microstructural evolution of the samples. The acoustic emission signal amplitude and energy probability distribution functions followed power-law behavior and the characteristic exponents were found to be similar for the two samples both on heating and cooling, indicating the universal character, which is further substantiated by the well scaled average temporal shapes of the avalanches.

Graphical abstract: Acoustic emissions from spin crossover complexes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Feb 2024
Accepted
19 Mar 2024
First published
19 Mar 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024,12, 5757-5765

Acoustic emissions from spin crossover complexes

S. M. Kamel, L. Daróczi, L. Z. Tóth, D. L. Beke, G. G. Juárez, S. Cobo, L. Salmon, G. Molnár and A. Bousseksou, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 5757 DOI: 10.1039/D4TC00495G

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