This chapter provides a description of atomic-scale magnets fabricated by the deposition
and assembly of metal atoms and metal–organic molecules on different substrates. We …

Flat, square nanomagnets, which were pioneered in 1998 by Russell Cowburn, then in the
nanoscience group at the University of Cambridge, have four typical magnetization …

The encoding of magnetic information at the molecular level finds in Single Molecule
Magnets (SMM) a most promising avenue.[1] SMM are composed of discrete metal-ion …

Magnetic nanostructures are increasing data storage capacities and are promising
candidates for implementations of novel spin-based computation techniques. The relative …

The magnetic properties of some single molecule magnets (SMM) on surfaces can be
strongly modified by the molecular packing in nanometric films/aggregates or by interactions …

The surface sensitivity of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism in cryogenic conditions
(represented by snow on the SLS synchrotron) has been exploited to investigate the first …

Nanomagnets, namely arrays of a few exchange-coupled atomic magnetic moments,
possess a rich variety of magnetic properties and are explored as constituents of …

The next generations of devices for spintronics [1, 2] and quantum computing [3, 4] will be
based on molecular and inorganic nanostructures with peculiar magnetic properties. The …

Single Molecule Magnets (SMM)[1] are a class of magnetic molecular materials which hold
great promises in molecular spintronics and data storage. For this reason, a number of …

In this thesis, the magnetic properties of self-assembled 3d and 4d metal nano-structures
supported on surfaces have been investigated. The atomic coordination within the nano …