Organometallic Magnets

This volume highlights the recent advances and state of art in the experimental and theoretical studies of organometallic magnets. A plethora of organic ligands such as Mannich-base derivatives, redox-active chromophores, cyanides, Schiff base among others are used to coordinate to 3d transition metals, 4f lanthanides and 5f actinides to design the molecular magnets. Deep analysis of the coordination sphere symmetry, electronic distribution, luminescence are investigated to perform magneto-structural correlation leading to a better understanding of the magnetic properties. Furthermore, the rationalization of the magnetic behavior can be reached using ab initio calculations. The multiple applications that these molecular magnets offer could revolutionize the high-density data storage, spintronics and quantum computing technologies. This volume provides a discussion of these topics from leading international experts and will be a useful reference for researchers working in this field.

Hybrid organic-inorganic cyanide-bridged networks.- Cobalt(II) Complexes as Single-ion Magnets.- Cobalt(II)/(III)–Lanthanide(III) Complexes as Molecular Magnets.- Mannich-base ligands as versatile platforms for SMMs.- Tetrathiafulvalene-based magnets of lanthanides.- Geometry and Magnetism of Lanthanide Compounds.- Single Ion Anisotropy: An Insight to Complicated Magnetic Molecules.- Various groups on cyclopentadienyl-containing molecular magnets.- Ab initio calculations on lanthanide single-molecule magnets.- Analyze the magnetic behavior of metal complexes with organic ligands in terms of ab-initio magnetization densities and the associated orbitals.- Magnetism of Actinide Coordination Compounds.

Chandrasekhar is an inorganic Chemist. He obtained his Ph. D from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 1982 and after a post-doctoral stint at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, where he is a full professor. He is currently on deputation to the National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India as its Director.  Chandrasekhar’s research interests are in the general areas of main-group inorganic chemistry and molecular materials. He has published over 325 papers, a monograph and several book chapters.  He has extensive collaborations with research groups in Spain, France, England and Germany.  He has been recognized both in India and outside for his contributions including membership of the editorial boards of several journals, awards such as the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India and the Wilhelm-Bessel Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany. He is a Fellow of all the science academies of India as well as the academy of sciences, Trieste, Italy.