Ferrimagnetic Materials: State of the Art and Future Perspective

Dear Colleagues,

Since the beginning of the 1990s, with the introduction of organic ligands between magnetic cations, magnetochemistry has undergone significant developments. This molecular “do-it-yourself kit’’ has allowed us to synthetize new ferrimagnets (initially considered to be exclusive antiferromagnets by Néel). As a result, through the full control of their microscopic magnetic properties, it is now possible to impose the ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic character of exchange energy, the magnitude of the magnetic moment per site, the dimensionality of spin lattices (1D, 2D, or 3D) and transport properties, notably relating to molecular electronics, magnetic semiconductors, superconductors, and spintronics; however, the hysteresis phenomenon is also important for industrial applications. Simultaneously, new theoretical modeling challenges have emerged.

Dr. Jacques Curély
Guest Editor

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