Molecular Materials

With applications in optoelectronics and photonics, quantum information processing, nanotechnology and data storage, molecular materials enrich our daily lives in countless ways. These materials have properties that depend on their exact structure, the degree of order in the way the molecules are aligned and their crystalline nature. Small, delicate changes in molecular structure can totally alter the properties of the material in bulk.
There has been increasing emphasis on functional metal complexes that demonstrate a wide range of physical phenomena. Molecular Materials represents the diversity of the area, encapsulating magnetic, optical and electrical properties, with chapters on:

Metal-Based Quadratic Nonlinear Optical Materials
Physical Properties of Metallomesogens
Molecular Magnetic Materials
Molecular Inorganic Conductors and Superconductors
Molecular Nanomagnets
Structured to include a clear introduction, a discussion of the basic concepts and up-to-date coverage of key aspects, each chapter provides a detailed review which conveys the excitement of work in that field.


Additional volumes in the Inorganic Materials Series:

Low-Dimensional Solids | Molecular Materials | Porous Materials | Energy Materials



Inorganic Materials Preface
Preface

List of Contributors



1 Metal-Based Quadratic Nonlinear Optical Materials

Olivier Maury and Hubert Le Bozec


1.1 Introduction

1.2 Basic concepts of second order nonlinear optics

1.3 Dipolar metal complexes

1.4 Octupolar metal complexes

1.5 Switching optical nonlinearities of metal complexes

1.6 Towards the design of pre-organized materials

1.7 Conclusion

References


2 Physical Properties of Metallomesogens

Koen Binnemans


2.1 Introduction

2.2 Overview of Mesophases

2.3 Optical properties

2.4 Electrical properties

2.5 Magnetic properties

2.6 Conclusions

References



3 Molecular Magnetic Materials

Gordon T. Yee and Neil Robertson


3.1 Introduction

3.2 Basic Concepts

3.3 The Van Vleck Equation

3.4 Dimensionality of Magnetic Systems

3.5 Switchable and hybrid systems and future pespectives

3.5.1 Bistable and Switchable magnetic materials

3.5.2 Multifunctional Magnetic Materials

3.6 Summary and conclusions

References


4 Molecular Inorganic Conductors and Superconductors

Lydie Valade and Hisashi Tanaka


4.1 Introduction

4.2 Families of Molecular Conductors and Superconductors

4.3 Systems based on Metal Bis-Dithiolene Complexes

4.4 Towards the Application of Molecular Inorganic Conductors and Superconductors

4.5 Conclusion

4.6 Acknowledgements

References


5 Molecular Nanomagnets

Eric J. L. McInnes and Richard E. P. Winpenny


5.1 Introduction

5.2 A Very Brief Introduction to Magnetochemistry

5.3 Techniques

5.4 Single Molecule Magnets

5.5 Emerging Trends

References