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Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling and Magnetic-Field-Induced Permanent Switching in a Spin Crossover Mn(III) Complex

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We investigate giant magnetoelectric coupling at a Mn spin crossover in [MnL]BPh (L = (3,5-diBr-sal)323) with a field-induced permanent switching of the structural, electric, and magnetic properties. An applied magnetic field induces a first-order phase transition from a high spin/low spin (HS-LS) ordered phase to a HS-only phase at 87.5 K that remains after the field is removed. We observe this unusual effect for DC magnetic fields as low as 8.7 T. The spin-state switching driven by the magnetic field in the bistable molecular material is accompanied by a change in electric polarization amplitude and direction due to a symmetry-breaking phase transition between polar space groups. The magnetoelectric coupling occurs due to a γη coupling between the order parameter γ related to the spin-state bistability and the symmetry-breaking order parameter η responsible for the change of symmetry between polar structural phases. We also observe conductivity occurring during the spin crossover and evaluate the possibility that it results from conducting phase boundaries. We perform ab initio calculations to understand the origin of the electric polarization change as well as the conductivity during the spin crossover. Thus, we demonstrate a giant magnetoelectric effect with a field-induced electric polarization change that is 1/10 of the record for any material.
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hal-03122595 , version 1 (16-02-2021)

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Vibe B Jakobsen, Shalinee Chikara, Jie-Xiang Yu, Emiel Dobbelaar, Conor T Kelly, et al.. Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling and Magnetic-Field-Induced Permanent Switching in a Spin Crossover Mn(III) Complex. Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60 (9), pp.6167-6175. ⟨10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02789⟩. ⟨hal-03122595⟩
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