| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 491 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
1. Basic concepts -- 1.1. Electron: an old, complex, and exciting story -- 1.2. Electrons in atoms -- 1.3. Electrons in molecules -- 1.4. Electrons in molecular solids -- 1.5. Effects of interelectronic repulsion -- 1.6. A fundamental quantum effect: tunnelling -- 2. The localized electron: magnetic properties -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. A new look at the electron -- 2.3. Physical quantities, definitions, units, and measurements -- 2.4. Many-electron atoms, mononuclear complexes, and spin cross-over -- 1.5. Effects of interelectronic repulsion -- 1.6. A fundamental quantum effect: tunnelling -- 2. The localized electron: magnetic properties -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. A new look at the electron -- 2.3. Physical quantities, definitions, units, and measurements -- 2.4. Many-electron atoms, mononuclear complexes, and spin cross-over -- 2.5. Spin Hamiltonian (SH) approach -- 2.6. Orbital interactions and exchange -- 2.7. Extended molecular magnetic systems -- 2.8. Magnetic anisotropy and slow relaxation of the magnetization |
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3. Basic parameters controlling electron transfer -- 3.1. Basic parameters controlling electron transfer -- 3.2. Electron transfer in discrete molecular systems -- 3.3. Conductivity in extended molecular solids -- 4. The excited electron: photophysical properties -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Fundamentals in photophysics: absorption, emission, and excited states -- 4.3. Electron transfer in the excited state -- 4.4. Energy transfer -- 4.5. Photomagnetism -- 5. The mastered electron: molecular electronics -- 5.1. Introduction and historical account -- 5.2. Hybrid molecular electronics -- 5.3. Behaviour of ensemble of molecules -- 5.4. Towards quantum computing -- 5.5. Conclusion and perspectives |
| Summary |
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader, whether chemist, physicist, engineer or non-specialist, with essential keys to a unified understanding of the rapidly expanding field of molecular materials and devices: electronic structures and bonding, magnetic, electrical and photo-physical properties, and the mastering of electrons in molecular electronics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Molecular electronics.
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Electrons.
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Electrons
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
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Electrons
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Molecular electronics
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Technology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Verdaguer, Michel, 1942- author.
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| ISBN |
9780191510229 |
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019151022X |
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9780191747021 |
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0191747025 |
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