Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnets
Abstract In materials exhibiting photoinduced phase transitions, and in which both charge transfer and spin transitions occur, there has long been a debate about which process drives the phase transition. Herein, we present experimental evidence supporting an optically charge-transfer-induced spin t...
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| description | Abstract In materials exhibiting photoinduced phase transitions, and in which both charge transfer and spin transitions occur, there has long been a debate about which process drives the phase transition. Herein, we present experimental evidence supporting an optically charge-transfer-induced spin transition (CTIST) process, as demonstrated through femtosecond optical spectroscopy in two-dimensional cyanido-bridged cobalt-tungstate photomagnets. Optical and magnetic studies revealed that the photoexcitation of the ground low-temperature (LT) CoIII LS-WIV state leads to a photoinduced phase transition towards the CoII HS-WV state, which is similar to the high temperature (HT) state. Ultrafast spectroscopy further indicates that this optical excitation of the intermetallic W-to-Co charge-transfer band produces a transient photoexcited (PE) CoII LS-WV state, which decays within 130 fs through a spin transition towards the CoII HS-WV state. Here we show that the CTIST dynamics corresponds to the CoIII LS-WIV (LT) → CoII LS-WV (PE) → CoII HS-WV (HT) sequence. The present work sheds a new light on understanding optical dynamics underlying the photoinduced phase transitions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-18657700edb54f1c95327b08db16bf212025-08-20T03:26:47ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-06-0116111010.1038/s41467-025-60401-4Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnetsKazuki Nakamura0Laurent Guérin1Gaël Privault2Koji Nakabayashi3Marius Hervé4Eric Collet5Shin-ichi Ohkoshi6Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of TokyoDYNACOM IRL2015 University of Tokyo - CNRS - Université de Rennes, Department of ChemistryDYNACOM IRL2015 University of Tokyo - CNRS - Université de Rennes, Department of ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of TokyoDYNACOM IRL2015 University of Tokyo - CNRS - Université de Rennes, Department of ChemistryDYNACOM IRL2015 University of Tokyo - CNRS - Université de Rennes, Department of ChemistryDepartment of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of TokyoAbstract In materials exhibiting photoinduced phase transitions, and in which both charge transfer and spin transitions occur, there has long been a debate about which process drives the phase transition. Herein, we present experimental evidence supporting an optically charge-transfer-induced spin transition (CTIST) process, as demonstrated through femtosecond optical spectroscopy in two-dimensional cyanido-bridged cobalt-tungstate photomagnets. Optical and magnetic studies revealed that the photoexcitation of the ground low-temperature (LT) CoIII LS-WIV state leads to a photoinduced phase transition towards the CoII HS-WV state, which is similar to the high temperature (HT) state. Ultrafast spectroscopy further indicates that this optical excitation of the intermetallic W-to-Co charge-transfer band produces a transient photoexcited (PE) CoII LS-WV state, which decays within 130 fs through a spin transition towards the CoII HS-WV state. Here we show that the CTIST dynamics corresponds to the CoIII LS-WIV (LT) → CoII LS-WV (PE) → CoII HS-WV (HT) sequence. The present work sheds a new light on understanding optical dynamics underlying the photoinduced phase transitions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60401-4 |
| spellingShingle | Kazuki Nakamura Laurent Guérin Gaël Privault Koji Nakabayashi Marius Hervé Eric Collet Shin-ichi Ohkoshi Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnets Nature Communications |
| title | Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnets |
| title_full | Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnets |
| title_fullStr | Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnets |
| title_short | Ultrafast charge-transfer-induced spin transition in cobalt-tungstate molecular photomagnets |
| title_sort | ultrafast charge transfer induced spin transition in cobalt tungstate molecular photomagnets |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60401-4 |
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