title: Chemistry and physics of supramolecular magnetic materials.
abstract: The building of multidimensional magnetic materials obtained with the molecular precursor [Cu(opba)](2-) is described. The reaction with other paramagnetic species (3d or 4f metal ions, organic radicals) yielded one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and interlocked networks. The magnetic properties of these systems are reviewed using polarized neutron diffraction and magnetic measurements. It is shown that the spin density maps give a precise description of the ground state of such molecular magnetic species. Moreover, different long-range magnetic orderings (antiferro-, ferri-, and ferromagnetic) have been obtained.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Sciences Moléculaires, Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, UPR CNRS No 9048, 33608 Pessac, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D008280:Magnetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure