Lanthanides and Actinides in Molecular Magnetism.

Lanthanides and Actinides in Molecular Magnetism.

The first reference on this rapidly growing topic provides an essential up-to-date guide to current and emerging trends. A group of international experts has been carefully selected by the editors to cover all the central aspects, with a focus on molecular species while also including industrial app...

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Main Author: Layfield, Richard
Other Authors: Murugesu, Muralee
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2015.
Subjects:
Rare earth metals.
Actinide elements.
Actinide elements
Rare earth metals
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Table of Contents:
  • Lanthanides and Actinides in Molecular Magnetism; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Lanthanide Molecular Complexes; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Free Ion Electronic Structure; 1.2.1 Free Ion Magnetism; 1.3 Electronic Structure of Lanthanide Ions in a Ligand Field; 1.3.1 Stevens' Formalism; 1.3.2 Wybourne's Formalism; 1.3.3 Standardization; 1.3.4 Calculation of Crystal Field Parameters; 1.4 Magnetic Properties of Isolated Lanthanide Ions; 1.4.1 Effect of a Magnetic Field; 1.4.2 EPR Spectroscopy of Lanthanide Complexes.
  • 1.5 Exchange Coupling in Systems Containing Orbitally Degenerate LanthanidesAcknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 Mononuclear Lanthanide Complexes: Use of the Crystal Field Theory to Design Single-Ion Magnets and Spin Qubits; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Modelling the Magnetic Properties of Lanthanide Single-Ion Magnets: The Use of the Crystal Field Model; 2.2.1 Theoretical Background; 2.2.2 How to Determine the Crystal-Field Parameters: 1. The Ishikawa Approach; 2.2.3 How to Determine the Crystal-Field Parameters: 2. The Point Charge Electrostatic Model.
  • 2.2.4 How to Determine the Crystal-Field Parameters: 3. The Effective Point Charge Model2.3 Magneto-Structural Correlations for Some Typical Symmetries; 2.4 Impact of Lanthanide Complexes in Quantum Computing; 2.4.1 Quantum Computing Paradigms and Design Criteria; 2.4.2 Combining Physical Qubit Implementations with Lanthanide Complexes; 2.4.3 Molecular Spin Qubits; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3 Polynuclear Lanthanide Single Molecule Magnets; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Synthetic Strategies; 3.2.1 Dy3 Triangles and Their Derivatives; 3.2.1.1 Seminal Dy3 Triangle.
  • 3.2.6 The Organometallic Synthesis
  • A New Approach3.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Lanthanides in Extended Molecular Networks; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Extended Networks Based on Gd3+; 4.2.1 Metal-Organic Frameworks; 4.2.1.1 Magneto-Caloric Effect; 4.2.1.2 Slow Magnetic Relaxation and Phonon Bottleneck Effects; 4.2.2 Magnetic Chains; 4.2.2.1 Magnetic Interactions Involving Gd3+ Ions; 4.2.2.2 Gadolinium-Radical Chains; 4.3 Extended Networks Based on Anisotropic Ions; 4.3.1 SCM in a Nutshell; 4.3.2 An Overview of Monodimensional Lanthanide Chains Based on Anisotropic Ions.

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