A model for light-induced spin-state trapping in spin-crossover materials

Ross H. McKenzie (noreply@blogger.com)
An important challenge required to understand the physical properties of materials that are chemically and structurally complex is to ascertain which microscopic details are important. A related question is at what scale (length, number of atoms, energy) models should be developed. A specific example is understanding the magnetic properties and state transitions of spin-crossover materials. This is difficult for equilibrium properties, let alone for non-equilibrium properties such as Light-Induc