Objective The aim of the network is to coordinate the activities within the Field of molecular magnetism, with particular emphasis being placed in the design, synthesis, and investigation of the physical and chemical properties of new classes of magnetic materials. The network is divided into four sub-groups: molecular ferromagnets, spin cross-over materials, large spin clusters, theoretical models and investigation techniques. The common objectives of the network are: the synthesis of new molecular based materials which below a critical temperature order as bulk ferro- or ferri- magnets; the synthesis of new materials undergoing spin cross-over transitions and their use for devices for optical information storage; the synthesis of new materials containing nanometre scale molecular magnetic clusters; the development of suitable experimental and theoretical techniques for the investigation of magnetic molecular materials: susceptibility and magnetisation measurement at very low temperature and very high fields; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Mössbauer spectroscopy; X-ray spectroscopies; neutron diffraction; optical spectroscopies; MO techniques.Research has been undertaken on: the synthesis of new molecular based materials which below a critical temperature order as bulk ferromagnets or ferrimagnets; the synthesis of new materials undergoing spin cross over transitions and their use for devices for optical information storage; the synthesis of new materials containing nanometre scale molecular magnetic clusters; the development of suitable experimental and theoretical techniques for the investigation of magnetic molecular materials: susceptibility and magnetization measurement at very low temperature and very high fields; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Moessbauer spectroscopy; X-ray spectroscopies; neutron diffraction; optical spectroscopies; magnetooptic (MO) techniques. Various aspects have been studied: mixed valence cyanides ordering as ferromagnets at 240 K; molecular based magnets with fully interlocked 3-dimensional structure, mechanism of the cooperative spin state transition in iron (II) complexes; unpaired spin density in molecular ferromagnets; manganese clusters with superparamagnetic like behaviour; new molecular based magnets; light induced spin state cross over effects; structural magnetic correlations in polynuclear copper (II) complexes; theoretical models for the thermodynamic properties of 1-dimensional magnetic materials. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy Programme(s) FP3-HCM - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of human capital and mobility, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator INSTM - CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO NAZIONALE PER LA SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI Address Via b. varchi 59 50132 Firenze Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (19) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Avenue des martyrs 17 38054 Grenoble See on map CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Campus universitat autonoma de barcelona 08193 Bellaterra See on map Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Johann joachim becherweg 24 55099 Mainz See on map LEIDEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 55,einsteinweg 55 gorlaeus laboratoria 2300 RA Leiden See on map Laboratoire d'Électronique Philips France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 22 avenue descartes 94453 Limeil-brevannes See on map THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Stranmillis road BT9 5AG Belfast See on map THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Albemarle street 21 W1X 4BS London See on map Technische Universität München Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 4,lichtenbergstrasse 4 85748 München See on map UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Pedro cerbuna 12 50009 Zaragoza See on map UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 50,avda doctor moliner 50 46100 Burjasot See on map UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-SUD XI France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Université de paris-sud 91405 Gometz la ville See on map UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Brook hill S3 7HF Sheffield See on map UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK - UNIVERSITY OF ODENSE Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address 55,campusvej 55 5230 Odense See on map UNIVERSITY OF WALES - BANGOR United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address LL57 2UW Bangor (gwynedd) See on map University of Durham United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address South road DH1 3LE Durham See on map Universität Bielefeld Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 25,universitätsstraße 33615 Bielefeld See on map Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 1 France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 1,rue blaise pascal 67008 Strasbourg See on map Université de Paris VI (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 4 place jussieu 75252 Paris See on map Université de Paris VI (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 4 place jussieu 75252 Paris See on map