The applications of exchange coupled bi-magnetic hard/soft and soft/hard ferromagnetic
core/shell nanoparticles are reviewed. After a brief description of the main synthesis …

The canonical example of a quantum-mechanical two-level system is spin. The simplest
picture of spin is a magnetic moment pointing up or down. The full quantum properties of …

Some of the most relevant finite-size and surface effects in the magnetic and transport
properties of magnetic fine particles and granular solids are reviewed. The stability of the …

In this review, aspects of the syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of giant 3d and
3d/4f paramagnetic metal clusters in moderate oxidation states are discussed. The term …

Nanometer-sized magnetic particles have generated continuous interest since the late
1940s because the study of their properties has proved to be scientifically and …

We review recent experimental and theoretical work on ultrasmall metallic grains, ie grains
sufficiently small that the conduction electron energy spectrum becomes discrete. The …

We report single-molecule-transistor measurements on devices incorporating magnetic
molecules. By studying the electron-tunneling spectrum as a function of magnetic field, we …

This text treats electronic transport in the regime where conventional textbook models are no
longer applicable, including the effect of electronic phase coherence, energy quantization …

Due to a growing interest in quantum information processing based on spin systems, the
micro-SQUID technique has been finding new interest and fabrication improvements have …

Spin injection and accumulation are key phenomena supporting a variety of concepts for
spin-electronic devices. These phenomena are expected to be enhanced in nanoparticles …