Molecular magnetism / Olivier Kahn

Includes bibliographical references and index

List of the Main Symbols 1 Magnetization and Magnetic Susceptibility 2 Molecules Containing a Unique Magnetic Center without First-Order Orbital Momentum 3 Molecules Containing a Unique Magnetic Center with a First-Order Orbital Momentum 4 Low-Spin-High-Spin Transition 5 Intermediate-Spin and Spin-Admixed States 6 Isotropic Interaction in Dinuclear Compounds 7 Dipolar, Anisotropic, and Antisymmetric Interactions in Dinuclear Compounds 8 Orbital Models of the Isotropic Interaction: Case of Two Local Doublet States 9 Orbital Models for Magnetic Interaction: Other Cases 10 Trinuclear Compounds and Compounds of Higher Nuclearity 11 Magnetic Chain Compounds 12 Magnetic Long-Range Ordering in Molecular Compounds: Design of Molecular-Based Magnets 13 Spin-Dependent Delocalization in Mixed-Valence Compounds Appendix 1: Physical Constants and Units Appendix 2: Action of L[subscript x], L[subscript y], and L[subscript z] on the d Orbitals Appendix 3: Matrix Elements of L[subscript x], L[subscript y] and L[subscript z] Using the d Orbitals as a Basis Set Appendix 4: Action of the Spin Operators S[subscript x], S[subscript y], and S[subscript z] on the Spin Functions Appendix 5: Escalator Operators S [subscript +] and S[subscript -], and L[subscript +] and L[subscript -] Appendix 6: Coupling of Two Spins S[subscript A] and S[subscript B], and Clebsch-Gordon (or Wigner) Coefficients Index