Long-range magnetic ordering and bistability in molecular magnetism

Olivier Kahn (1, 2) , Yves Journaux (3, 2) , Corine Mathonière (1, 2)

1 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
2 Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique
3 IPCM - Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire

Molecular magnetism is a new area of research dealing with the chemistry and physics. of molecular assemblies involving open-shell molecules, and polymeric structures synthesized from molecular precursors [1]. In that sense, molecular magnetism may be considered as a supramolecular function. What is important, it is to assemble the open-shell units within the lattice in such · a way that the interactions between thése units lead to cooperative phenomena. Cooperative here means that the lattice as a whole exhibits some physical properties which are much more than the sum of the physical properties of the units.

Mots clés: Molecular magnetism

Domaines: Matériaux

Olivier Kahn, Yves Journaux, Corine Mathonière. Long-range magnetic ordering and bistability in molecular magnetism. Olivier Kahn. Magnetism : a supramolecular function, Kluwer Academic, pp.531-553, 1996, 0-7923-4153-8. ⟨10.1007/978-94-015-8707-5_27⟩. ⟨hal-04211284⟩