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ArticleNature communications2025

Capturing ultrafast molecular motions and lattice dynamics in spin crossover film using femtosecond diffraction methods.

Doriana Vinci, Karl Ridier, Fengfeng Qi, Fernando Ardana-Lamas, Peter Zalden, Lai Chung Liu, Tobias Eklund, Mads Sielemann Jakobsen, Robin Schubert, Dmitry Khakhulin and 16 more

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26 authors.

Doriana VinciEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.
Karl RidierLaboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse, 205 route de Narbonne, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7414-1872
Fengfeng QiKey Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Fernando Ardana-LamasEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.
Peter ZaldenEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.
Lai Chung LiuUncharted Software, 600-2 Berkeley St., Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-5933
Tobias EklundEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.
Mads Sielemann JakobsenCenter for Data and Computing in Natural Sciences (CDCS), Notkestrasse 10, Hamburg, Germany.
Robin SchubertEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6213-2872
Dmitry KhakhulinEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.
Carsten DeiterEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0268-6256
Nicolas BottinEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.
Hazem YousefEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany.
David von StettenEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Hamburg unit c/o DESY, Notkestr. 85, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7906-9788
Piotr ŁaskiUniversity of Warsaw, Faculty of Chemistry, Żwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw, Poland.
Radosław KamińskiUniversity of Warsaw, Faculty of Chemistry, Żwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-0955
Katarzyna N JarzembskaUniversity of Warsaw, Faculty of Chemistry, Żwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-1849
Rachel F WallickDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Till StensitzkiInstitute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
Renske M van der VeenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0584-4045
Henrike M Müller-WerkmeisterInstitute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9471-882X
Gábor MolnárLaboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, CNRS UPR 8241, Université de Toulouse, 205 route de Narbonne, Toulouse, France.
Dao XiangKey Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education), School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. dxiang@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1590-7193
Christopher MilneEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany. christopher.milne@xfel.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4714-9139
Maciej LorencUniv. Rennes, CNRS, IPR (Institut de Physique de Rennes), UMR 6251, Rennes, France. maciej.lorenc@univ-rennes1.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6877-8631
Yifeng JiangEuropean XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, Germany. yifeng.jiang@xfel.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0685-0498

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) (Project SCOPOL, ANR-22-CE09-0019)Helmholtz Association Initiative and Networking FundNarodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) SONATA: grant No. 2016/21/D/ST4/03753National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 11925505National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 12335010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A comprehensive insight into ultrafast dynamics of photo-switchable materials is desired for efficient control of material properties through light excitation. Here, we study a polycrystalline spin crossover thin film as a prototypical example and reveal the sequential photo-switching dynamics, from local molecular rearrangement to global lattice deformation. On the earliest femtosecond timescale, the local molecular structural rearrangement occurs within a constant unit-cell volume through a two-step process, involving initial Fe-ligand bond elongation followed by ligand rotation. The highly-oriented structure of the nanocrystalline films and the experimental geometry enables resolving the full anisotropic lattice structural dynamics in and out of the sample plane separately. While both molecular switching and lattice heating influence lattice volume, they exert varying degrees of impact at disparate time scales following photoexcitation. This study highlights the opportunities provided by Mega-electron-volt electron and X-ray free electron laser to advance the understanding of ultrafast dynamics of photo-switchable materials.

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