Electrically tunable materials are used to construct switches and memory devices. Applying an electric field within a specific temperature range to cyanometallate complexes triggers their charge-transfer phase transition, altering their optical and magnetic properties.
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Sato, O. An electric effect. Nature Chem 2, 10–11 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.497
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