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Molecular (Nano) Magnets as Test Grounds of Quantum Mechanics
Author(s) -
Dei Andrea,
Gatteschi Dante
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201100818
Subject(s) - quantum , nanotechnology , physics , quantum mechanics , theoretical physics , materials science
A bitter pill? The dose of quantum concepts that chemists must digest is steadily increasing. The drug perhaps tastes bitter, but it produces good effects yielding novel systems to test the foundations of quantum mechanics. This point is considered in reference to molecular nanomagnets (see structure of a terbium phthalocyaninate complex), a class of materials that continues to show new facets requiring the exploration of new quantum effects.