Magnetism: Molecules to Materials V
Magnetism: Molecules to Materials V
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DOI：
10.1021/ja0597707
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发表时间：
2005-08
影响因子：
15
通讯作者：
M. Turnbull
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作者：
M. Turnbull
近二十年来，分子磁学领域发展迅速，并开始对许多领域作出重大贡献。这些应用包括与电导率、光学性质和纳米多孔材料相关的材料科学。因此，越来越多的科学家正在进入这一领域，他们需要一种方便而彻底的方法来熟悉分子磁学的实验和理论背景及其最近的应用。这一卷，像它的前辈一样，继续以清晰和组织良好的方式提供这种背景。提出了各种主题，提供了必要的文献综述，以设置场景，并以该领域的最新发展收尾。Drillon和Miller已经收集了公认的专家，他们目前处于各自领域的前沿，来撰写每一章，这样读者就可以看到活跃在该领域的人的观点。应用的广度和最近对合作属性的强调使得这一切变得更加重要和有用。我个人发现关于缩放理论（Souletie， Rabu和Drillon）和蒙特卡罗模拟（Cano和Journaux）的章节在展示潜在应用方面特别有帮助。关于镧系离子交换的章节（Sutter和Kahn）应该会在一个需要额外研究的领域产生额外的兴趣，因为一些镧系离子中有很大的矩。对普鲁士蓝（Verdaguer和Girolami）类似物的状态进行了极好的回顾。这些化合物是近年来首次证明具有接近或高于室温的自发矩的“设计磁铁”的可能性的化合物之一，因此为思考新系统的设计提供了良好的基础。总的来说，这本书是一个很好的一般入门分子磁性的应用，是有用的一般阅读科学家进入该领域，特别是学生。主题的明确指定也使它成为一个有用的参考工作，尽管我个人希望看到更多的强调最近的工作和一些部分的复习材料少一点。然而，正如编辑在前言中指出的那样，该系列旨在提供对文献的批判性评论，这是清楚而完整地完成的。
The field of molecular magnetism has been growing rapidly for nearly two decades and is beginning to make significant contributions to a wide variety of fields. These include applications in materials science related to conductivity, optical properties, and nanoporous materials. As such, more and more scientists are entering the field and require a convenient and thorough means to acquaint themselves with the background, both experimental and theoretical, of molecular magnetism and its recent applications. This volume, like its predecessors, continues to provide this background in a clear and wellorganized manner. A variety of topics are presented, providing the necessary review of the literature to set the scene and finishing with the latest developments in the field. Drillon and Miller have collected recognized experts, who are currently in the forefront of their field, to write each chapter so that the reader is treated to the point of view of someone active in the field. The breadth of applications and the recent emphasis on cooperative properties make this all the more critical and useful. I personally found the chapters on the uses of scaling theory (Souletie, Rabu, and Drillon) and Monte Carlo simulations (Cano and Journaux) to be especially helpful in showing potential applications. The chapter on exchange in lanthanide systems (Sutter and Kahn) should spawn additional interest in an area that needs additional study, due to the large moments available in some lanthanide ions. An excellent review of the state of analogues of Prussian blue (Verdaguer and Girolami) is also included. These compounds were among the first in recent times to demonstrate the possibility of “magnets by design” with spontaneous moments near or above room temperature and therefore provide a good basis for thinking about the design of new systems. Overall, the book is a good general primer for applications of molecular magnetism and is useful as general reading for scientists entering the field, especially students. The clear designation of topics also makes it a useful reference work, although I personally would have liked to see more emphasis on recent work and a bit less review material in some of the sections. However, as the editors point out in the preface, the series is intended to provide critical reviews of the literature and this is accomplished clearly and completely.