@Article{InorgChimActa_361_3616, author = {I. Krivokapic and C. Enachescu and R. Bronisz and A. Hauser}, title = {{The interaction between the spin transition and a crystallographic phase transition in the spin-crossover compound [Fe(bbtr)$_3$](ClO$_4$)$_2$: Nucleation, formation of domains and fluctuations}}, journal= {Inorg. Chim. Acta}, ISSN = {0020-1693}, volume= {361}, number= {12-13}, pages = {3616-3622}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TG5-4S39MRM-3&_user=779890&_coverDate=09%2F01%2F2008&_rdoc=40&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%235245%232008%23996389987%23695853%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=5245&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=56&_acct=C000043220&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=779890&md5=14205e49c8d643e46c36788f4e509e78}, eprint= {http://www.unige.ch/sciences/chifi/publis/refs_pdf/ref00932.pdf}, doi= {10.1016/j.ica.2008.03.064}, abstract = {{The thermal and the light-induced spin transition in [Fe(bbtr)$_3$](ClO$_4$)$_2$ (bbtr = 1,4-di(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)) as well as the high-spin → low-spin relaxation following the light-induced population of the high-spin state below the thermal transition temperature are discussed in relation to the accompanying crystallographic phase transition. The experimental data have exclusively been obtained using optical single crystal absorption spectroscopy.}}, year = {2008} }