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A striking transition

Nature Chemistry volume 1, pages 351–352 (2009)Cite this article

The field of spin transition has been dominated by six-coordinate octahedral metal ions, but now an unusual spin transition has been found for an oxide containing a square-planar coordinate iron(II).

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Figure 1: High-spin octahedral and square-planar sites.
Figure 2: Interaction between adjacent square-planar sites under pressure.

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