Main description:

In this book an extensive overview on the results obtained during the last decade and on recent achievements in the study of molecular magnets by means of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Muon Spin Rotation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Mossbauer techniques is presented. The aim is to introduce the reader to these techniques and to give a general background on their application to molecular spin systems.

Contents:

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- A short introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- NMR in magnetic single molecule magnets.- Structure, synthesis and characterization of contrast agents for magnetic resonance molecular imaging.- Basic concepts of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.- Phases, phase transitions and spin dynamics in strongly correlated electron systems, from antiferromagnets to HTC superconductors: NMR-NQR insights.- Muon Spin Rotation.- to ?SR.- Muon spin rotation of organic compounds.- Stochastic Landau-Zener model, and experimental estimates of dephasing time in molecular magnets.- Moessbauer Spectroscopy.- Basic principles of Moessbauer spectroscopy and applications.- Line shape of Moessbauer relaxation spectra.- Studies of spin fluctuations in single molecular magnets by using Moessbauer spectroscopy.