Spin crossover materials : properties and applications Beginning with an introductory chapter describing the spin crossover phenomenon and a historical overview of the field since it was first observed in the 1930s this book looks at recent advances in the chemistry of “traditional” spin crossover complexes and materials containing iron(II) iron(III) or cobalt(II). Other topics include various types of spin state transition multi functional and nanoscale spin crossover materials and new experimental and theoretical discoveries about the physical mechanism of spin crossover at the molecular level and in bulk materials. Beginning with an introductory chapter describing the spin crossover phenomenon and a historical overview of the field since it was first observed in the 1930s this book looks at recent advances in the chemistry of traditional spin crossover complexes and materials containing iron(II) iron(III) or cobalt(II). Other topics include various types of spin state transition multi functional and nanoscale spin crossover materials and new experimental and theoretical discoveries about the physical mechanism of spin crossover at the molecular level and in bulk materials