This book provides an overview of the physical phenomena discovered in magnetic molecular materials. It presents potential applications to classical and quantum information, communication technologies, molecular spintronics and magnetic refrigeration.

Provides a wide-ranging resource for the physics of molecular magnetism, covering in depth its principles and applications Provides a unique opportunity to be led by leaders in the field from the basic principles to the present state of the art Presents the applications in quantum molecular spintronics, quantum computation, and magnetic refrigeration Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
From the Contents: Tunneling of single molecule magnets.- Theory of spin tunneling in magnetic molecules.- Quantum tunneling in single molecule magnets: from the early studies to quantum coherence.- From quantum relaxation to resonant spin tunneling.- Magnetic quantum tunneling through the ground state.