Issue 31, 2009

Molecular nanomagnets and magnetic nanoparticles: the EMR contribution to a common approach

Abstract

The current status and future developments of the use of electron magnetic resonance (EMR) for the investigation of magnetic nano-systems is here reviewed. The aim is to stimulate efforts to provide a unified view of the properties of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) comprising a few hundred magnetic centres, and molecular nanomagnets which contain up to ca. one hundred magnetic centres (MNM). The size of the systems is becoming the same but the approaches to the interpretation of their properties are still different, being bottom up for the latter and top down for the former. We make the point here of the need for a common viewpoint, highlighting the status of the two fields and giving some hints for the future developments. EMR has been a powerful tool for the investigation of magnetic nano-objects and it can provide a tool of fundamental importance for the development of a unified view.

Graphical abstract: Molecular nanomagnets and magnetic nanoparticles: the EMR contribution to a common approach

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
24 Mar 2009
Accepted
10 Jun 2009
First published
09 Jul 2009

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,11, 6555-6568

Molecular nanomagnets and magnetic nanoparticles: the EMR contribution to a common approach

M. Fittipaldi, L. Sorace, A.-L. Barra, C. Sangregorio, R. Sessoli and D. Gatteschi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 6555 DOI: 10.1039/B905880J

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements