The main objectivs of the projects are:
O1 - |
Validation of the theoretical framework through the comparison with different experimental results; (Done in 2017) |
O2 - |
Searching for different ligand structures in order to get high efficient and well-controlled "Low-spin" and "High-spin" transitions; (Done in 2018) |
O3 - |
Chemical synthesis as well as structural and dynamical characterization of the designed molecular complexes; |
Milestones connected with the objectives O1-O3:
M01 - |
Computing the vertical excitation energies and the theoretical UV absorption spectra for the azopyridine functionalized square planar Ni-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)-porphyrin (Ni-TPP) complex with five-coordinate metal considering both the "low" and "high" spin configurations as well as searching for the ISC point and computing the spin-orbit couplings; (Done in 2017) |
M02 - |
Computing the vertical excitation energies and the theoretical UV absorption spectra for the biazopyridine functionalized square planar Ni-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)-porphyrin (Ni-TPP) complex with six-coordinate metal considering both the "low" and "high" spin configurations as well as searching for the ISC point and computing the spin-orbit couplings; (Started in 2017 - Finished in 2018) |
M03 - |
Drawing conclusions about the basic mechanism and the role of different molecular excited states in light-driven coordination induced spin state switch as well as project dissemination; (Started in 2017 - Finished in 2018) |
M04 - |
Computing the vertical excitation energies and the theoretical UV absorption spectra for different hypothetically assembled macrocycles with well-chosen molecular fragments, considering at least 5-6 possible candidates; (Done in 2018) |
M05 - |
Searching for the intersystem crossing point and computing the spin-orbit coupling in case of previously studied macrocycles as well as planning the macrocycle synthesis for the most promising spin crossover complexes; (Done in 2018) |
M06 - |
Drawing general conclusions about the spin crossover performance of different macrocycles with respect of the used molecular fragments; (Done in 2018) |
M07 - |
Continuing the chemical synthesis in case of the most performant spin crossover complexes and characterize them using UV-Vis, fluorescence, transient absorption and Raman spectroscopy techniques; |
M08 - |
Structural characterization the metal-coordinated macrocycles and embedding them in sulfonated coordination polymer networks; |