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Nanomagnetism is a rapidly expanding area of research which appears to be able to provide novel applications. Magnetic molecules are at the very bottom of the possible size of nanomagnets and they provide a unique opportunity to observe the coexistence of classical and quantum properties. The discovery in the early 90's that a cluster comprising twelve manganese ions shows hyteresis of molecular origin, and later proved evidence of quantum effects, opened a new research area which is still flourishing through the collaboration of chemists and physicists. This book is the first attempt to cover in detail the new area of molecular nanomagnetism, for which no other book is available. In fact, research and review articles and book chapters are the only tools available for new comers and the experts in the field. It is written by the chemists originators and by a theorist who has been one of the protagonists of the development of the field, and is explicitly addressed to an audience of chemists and physicists, aiming to use a language suitable for the two communities.
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Molecular Nanomagnets MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY Series Editors Harold G. Craighead Purusottam Jena Charles M. Marcus Allan H. MacDonald Shaul Mukamel Mark A. Reed John C. Spence 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Y. Imry: Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics Y. Imry: Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics, Second Edition K. Nakamura and T. Harayama: Quantum Chaos and Quantum Dots P.A. Mello and N. Kumar: Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Systems D. Gatteschi, R. Sessoli and J. Villain: Molecular Nanomagnets MOLECULAR NANOMAGNETS Dante Gatteschi Department of Chemistry University of Florence, Italy Roberta Sessoli Department of Chemistry University of Florence, Italy Jacques Villain D´epartment de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Mati`ere Condens´ee, DSM, C.E.A. Grenoble, France 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York c Oxford University Press 2006 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gatteschi, D. (Dante) Molecular nanomagnets / Dante Gatteschi, Roberta Sessoli, Jacques Villain. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978–0–19–856753–0 (acid-free paper) ISBN-10: 0–19–856753–7 (acid-free paper) 1. Magnetism. 2. Nanostructured materials—Magnetic properties. I. Sessoli, Roberta. II. Villain, Jacques. III. Title.