title: Large clusters of metal ions: the transition from molecular to bulk magnets.
abstract: Clusters of metal ions are a class of compounds actively investigated for their magnetic properties, which should gradually change from those of simple paramagnets to those of bulk magnets. However, their interest lies in a number of different disciplines: chemistry, which seeks new synthetic strategies to make larger and larger clusters in a controlled manner; physics, which can test the validity of quantum mechanical approaches at the nanometer scale; and biology, which can use them as models of biomineralization of magnetic particles.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gatteschi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caneschi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pardi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sessoli