MOLECULAR MAGNETISM - A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIELD OF RESEARCH

The goal of this paper is to emphasize the multidisciplinary character of molecular magnetism as a whole, and of our own activity in this fi eld. For that, we have briefly described some of our results concernin g the theoretical simulation of thermodynamical properties of molecula r magnetic materials, the study of spin density maps, and the synergy between optical (or photophysical) and magnetic properties. We have al so reported on two new chain compounds exhibiting dominant ferromagnet ic interactions, one involving transition metal ions, the other one in volving organic radicals.