Interplay between Spinmerism and Spin‐Orbit Coupling for a d<sup>2</sup> Metal Ion in an Open‐Shell Ligand Field
Recent theoretical studies have shown that placing a spin-crossover ion in a field of radical ligands can induce local superpositions of spin states (see Ref. [1,2]). The stability of this phenomenon, termed spinmerism, is called into question when spin-orbit coupling is included. Thus, we investigate the competition between spinmerism and spin-orbit coupling in a d<sup>2</sup> metal ion with two radical ligands. Our results show that competition between spinmerism and spin-orbit coupling can induce distinct states which may potentially open new avenues for quantum technologies.
Authors
- Pablo Roseiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8229-2064)
- Saad Yalouz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8818-3379)
- A. P. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5403-8077)
- Vincent Robert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-204X)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg (FR)
- Laboratoire de Chimie (FR)
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (FR)
- Université de Strasbourg (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ChemPhysChem
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202400914
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Magnetism in coordination complexes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.24