AFC/MGCH Magnetochemistry
Subject title: Magnetochemistry
Abbreviation: AFC/MGCH
Semester taught: Summer semester
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Radovan Herchel, Ph.D.
Requirements on students: At least 60% successfulness in final written exam.
Course objectives: Lecture "Magnetochemistry" is aims to description and understanding of magnetic properties of molecule-based compounds.
Content:
- introduction to magnetochemistry (history, basic definitions and units)
- types of magnetic materials (diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism)
- experimental techniques for measuring magnetic susceptibility and magnetization (force and induction methods)
- theoretical background of the quantum chemistry needed to interpret magnetic properties
- thermodynamic relationships for magnetic quantities (Van Vleck formula, Brillouin function)
- evaluation of magnetization and magnetic susceptibility of paramagnetic systems
- coordination polyhedron symmetry effect on magnetic behavior of mononuclear complexes (zero-field splitting phenomena)
- electron paramagnetic resonance and modern spectroscopic techniques (principles and evaluation of spectra for mononuclear species)
- spin crossover systems (theoretical models, experimental detection techniques overview)
- magnetic interactions in polynuclear coordination compounds (isotropic and non-isotropic terms)
- magnetic interactions in polymeric coordination compounds
- contemporary overview in the area of the molecule-based magnets
Literature:
- R. L. Carlin, Magnetochemistry, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1986.
- O. Kahn, Molecular magnetism, Wiley-VCH, New York 1993.
- R. Boča, Theoretical foundations of molecular magnetism, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1999.
- K. H. J. Buschow, F. R. de Boer, Physics of magnetism and magnetic materials, Kluwer Academic Publisher, New York, 2004.
- D. Gatteschi, R. Sessoli, J. Villain, Molecular nanomagnets, Oxford University Press, New York, 2006.
- J. A. Weil, J. R. Bolton, Electron paramagnetic resonance, Wiley, New Jersey, 2007
