AFM imaging of molecular spin-state changes through quantitative thermomechanical measurements.

Hernández, Edna M; Quintero, Carlos M; Kraieva, Olena; Thibault, Christophe; Bergaud, Christian; Salmon, Lionel; Molnár, Gábor; Bousseksou, Azzedine · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Quantitative atomic force microscopy is used in conjunction with microwire heaters for high-resolution imaging of the Young's modulus changes across the spin-state transition. When going from the high spin to the low spin state, a significant stiffening is observed.