Introduction to molecular magnetism : from transition metals to lanthanides / Cristiano Benelli and Dante Gatteschi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 30, 2015).

Electronic structures of free ions -- Electronic structure of coordinated ions -- Coordination chemistry and molecular magnetism -- Magnetism of ions -- Molecular orbital of isolated magnetic centers -- Toward the molecular ferromagnet -- Molecular orbital of coupled systems -- Structure and properties of p magnetic orbitals systems -- Structure and properties of coupled systems: d, f -- Dynamic properties -- SMM past and present -- Single ion magnet (SIM) -- SMM with lanthanides -- Single chain magnets (SCM) and more -- Magic dysprosium -- Molecular spintronics -- Hunting for quantum effects -- Controlling the growth -- ESR -- NMR -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Some applications of MM.