New approaches to bistable spin clusters

数据存储技术和其他电子领域的未来发展取决于相关部件的小型化。该项目的目标是创造一种材料，其中单个分子可以作为高密度数据存储的磁存储器单元或电子设备中的开关。海外正在积极开展这些领域的基础研究，澳大利亚通过该项目的参与对于基于新材料的本地设备开发的可能性非常重要。参与这项工作的学生和博士后将接受世界一流的合成和物理技术培训，这些技术是分子磁学和分子电子学新兴领域的基础。

Future advances in data storage technology and other areas of electronics depend on the miniaturisation of the relevant components. The goal of this project is to create materials where individual molecules can be the units of magnetic memory for high density data storage or the switches in electronic devices. Fundamental research in these areas is being pursued vigourously overseas and Australian involvement through this project is important for the possibility of local development of devices based on the new materials. The students and postdoctoral fellows involved in this work will receive world class training in the synthetic and physical techniques that underpin the emerging fields of molecular magnetism and molecular electronics.