Schedule of Events

Organizing Committee

International Advisory Committee

George Christou (Indiana U., USA)

Kunio Awaga (U. of Tokyo, Japan)

Arthur Epstein (Ohio State U., USA)

Eugenio Coronado (U. of Valencia, Spain)

David Hendrickson (UC San Diego, USA)

Peter Day (Royal Institution, Great Britain)

Paul Lahti (U. of Massachusetts, USA)

Silvio Decurtins (U. of Berne, Switzerland)

Jeffrey Long (UC Berkeley, USA)

Toshiaki Enoki (Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan)

Joel Miller (U. of Utah, USA)

Dante Gatteschi (U. of Florence, Italy

Christopher Landee (Clark U., USA)

Phillip Gitlich (U. of Mainz, Germany)

Charles O'Connor (U. of New Orleans, USA)

Katsuya Inoue (Inst. for Molecular Science, Japan)

David Shultz (N. Carolina State U., USA)

Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto U., Japan)

Mark Turnbull (Clark U., USA)

Keith Murray (Monash U., Australia)

Gordon Yee (U. of Colorado, USA)

Fernando Palacio (U. of Zaragoza, Spain)

Laurence Thompson (Memorial U., Canada)

Jaume Veciana (Mats. Inst. Barcelona, Spain)

Michel Verdaguer (U. Pierre et M. Curie, France)

Financial Sponsorship
From the Following Organizations
Is Gratefully Acknowledged:


Elsevier

Texas A&M University
Department of Chemistry
Office of the Dean
Vice President for Research


DARPA
&
Office of Naval Research



(ACS-PRF)
American Chemical Society-
Petroleum Research Foundation



Quantum Design

SCHEDULE FOR ICMM 2000



September 16th
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON


2:00 to 5:00 PM
Registration


5:00 - 6:00 PM
Elsevier Wine and Cheese Reception
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SATURDAY EVENING
Opening Session

Presiding: Kim Dunbar and Gregory Girolami

6:15 PM
Welcome and Introductory Remarks


6:30-7:30 PM Tutorial
Michel Verdaguer, UniversitÈ Pierre et Marie Curie

Rational Design of Molecular Magnetic Systems: A Tribute to Olivier Kahn


7:45 PM Welcome to Texas Dinner
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September 17th
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SUNDAY MORNING


7:30 to 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast


Session Chair: Dante Gatteschi, University of Florence

8:30 AM to 9:30 AM Tutorial
Javier Tejada, Universitat de Barcelona
Quantum Behavior of Molecular Clusters: Basic Aspects and Applications



9:30 to 10:00 AM
George Christou, University of Indiana
High Spin Manganese Clusters and New Single-Molecule Magnets
Euan K. Brechin, Colette Boskovic, Jae Yoo, David N. Hendrickson, and G. Christou



10:00 to 10:30 AM
Roberta Sessoli, University of Florence
Quantum Effects in the Dynamics of the Magnetization in Single Molecule Magnets
A. Caneschi, A. Cornia, D. Gatteschi, C. Sangregorio, R. Sessoli, W. Wernsdorfer



10:30 to 10:50 AM
Jeffrey Long, University of California at Berkeley
Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of High-Nuclearity Metal-Cyanide Clusters
Jennifer J. Sokol, Matthew P. Shores, Polly A. Berseth, Julie L. Heinrich, and Jeffrey R. Long


10:50 to 11:05 AM Coffee Break


11:05 to 11:35 AM
David Hendrickson, University of California at San Diego
Magnetization Tunneling in Single-Molecule Magnets
Jae Yoo, Akira Yamaguchi, Euan K. Brechin, Hidehiko Ishimoto, George Christou, and David N. Hendrickson



11:35 to 11:55 AM
Andrew Kent, New York University
The Crossover Between Thermally Assisted and Pure Quantum Tunneling
in Molecular Magnet Mn12
Louisa Bokacheva, Andrew D. Kent, and Marc A. Walters



11:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Kunio Awaga, University of Tokyo
Novel Magnetic Properties of Heterocyclic Thiazyl Radicals
Wataru Fujita and Kunio Awaga



12:25 to 12:45 PM
Richard Winpenny, The University of Edinburgh
Studies of Polymetallic Pivalate Cages
Simon Parsons, Andrew A. Smith, Grigore A. Timco and Richard E. P. Winpenny



12:45 to 1:45 PM Lunch




2:00 to 4:00 PM POSTER SESSION A
September 17th
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Session Chair: Roger D. Willett, Washington State University, Pullman


4:00 to 5:00 PM Tutorial
Jean-Pierre Renard, Institut díElectronique Fondamentale UniversitÈ Paris-Sud
Low-Dimensional Magnetism


5:00 to 5:30 PM
Jacques Schweizer, Laboratoire de MagnÈtisme et Diffraction Neutronique, Grenoble
Magnetization and Spin Density in [Fe(Cp*2)]+. A look-back at the magnetic interactions in the chains [Fe(Cp*2)]+[TCNE]-
J. Schweizer, E. LeliËvre-Berna, J.S. Miller, L. Ouahab, Y. Pontillon, E. Ressouche and A. Zheludev



5:30 to 5:45 PM Coffee Break



5:45 to 6:15 PM
Hayao Kobayashi, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki
Coexistence of Magnetic Order and Superconductivity in Organic Conductors
Hayao Kobayashi, Hisashi Tanaka, Emiko Ojima, Hideki Fujiwara, Akiko Kobayashi, Madoka Tokumoto and Patrick Cassoux



6:15 to 6:35 PM
ConcepciÛ Rovira, Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona
Molecular Spin Ladders
Elisabet Ribera, ConcepciÛ Rovira, Jaume Veciana, Judit TarrÈs, Enric Canadell, Elies Molins, Montserrat Mas, Jean-Philippe Schoeffel, Jean-Paul Pouget, Jorge Morgado, Rui T. Henriques, Manuel Almeida.



6:35 to 6:55 PM
Katsuya Inoue, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki
Construction of Chiral Molecule-based Magnets
Katsuya Inoue, Hitoshi Kumagai, Prasanna S.Ghalsasi and Ashot S. Markosyan



6:55 to 7:15 PM
Marc FourmiguÈ, Institut des MatÈriaux de Nantes
Low Dimensional Magnetism in Open-Shell Organometallic Dithiolene Complexes
Marc FourmiguÈ, BenoÓt Domercq, Rodolphe ClÈrac, Fabrice Guyon, ThÈrËse Arliguie



7:15 to 7:35 PM
Gordon Yee, University of Colorado
Molecule-Based Ferromagnets, Ferrimagnets, Metamagnets and Spin-Glasses
Gordon T. Yee, Bharat B. Kaul, Matthew A. Taylor, Michael J. Whitton and Jeffrey P. Fitzgerald



7:45 to 9:00 PM Dinner



9:00 PM POSTER SESSION B
Cash Bar



September 18th
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MONDAY MORNING


8:00 to 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast


Session Chair: Michel Verdaguer, UniversitÈ Pierre et Marie Curie

9:00 to 10:00 AM Tutorial
Dante Gatteschi, The University of Florence
High-Field-High-Frequency EPR Spectroscopy: a Must for Large Spin Clusters



10:00 to 10:30 AM
Hiizu Iwamura, Kyushu University and The University of the Air
The Ground Spin States of Tris[p-(N-oxyl-N-tert-butylamino)phenyl]amine, -methyl, and -borane
Tetsuji Itoh, Kenji Matsuda, Hiizu Iwamura, and Kenzi Hori



10:30 to 10:50 AM
Yves Journaux, UniversitÈ de Paris-Sud
Towards Electrochemical Control of Magnetic Properties in Polynuclear Metal Complexes
Xavier Ottenwaelder, Rafael Ruiz, Katja Berg, Ally Aukauloo, Yves Journaux, M. Carmen Munoz



10:50 to 11:10 AM Coffee Break


11:10 to 11:30 AM
Corine Mathoniere, Insitut de Chimie de la MatiÈre CondensÈe de Bordeaux
Molecular Magnetism: the Bimetallic Approach Developed by Olivier Kahn
Corine MathoniËre, Olivier Cador, Myrtil Kahn, Guillaume Rombaut, StÈphane Gohlen, LahcËne Ouahab, Thierry Maris, Marius Andruh, Stefania Tanase, Maria G. Vaz, Humberto Stumpf

11:30 to 11:50 AM
Olivier Cador, Magnetic Materials Laboratory, RIKEN
Multiple Magnetic PolesR Reversals and Hysteresis Loops in a Molecule-Based Ferrimagnet
Olivier Cador, Maria G. F. Vaz, Humberto O. Stumpf and Corine MathoniËre



11:50 AM to 12:10 PM
Jean Pascal Sutter, Insitut de Chimie de la MatiÈre CondensÈe de Bordeaux
Qualitative and Quantitative Insight into the Exchange Interaction Involving
a Ln(III) ion with Spin-Orbit Coupling



12:10 to 12:30 PM
Talal Mallah, UniversitÈ de Paris-Sud
Tuning Dimensionality in Molecular Systems : Towards Magnetic Nanomolecules
Talal Mallah, Arnaud Marvillers, Guillaume Rogez, Eric RiviËre and Simon Parsons



12:30 to 12:50 PM
Pei Yu, UniversitÈ de Paris-Sud
2-D Photochromic Molecule-Based Magnet.
Sophie BÈnard, Eric RiviËre, Pei Yu, Keitaro Nakatani and Jean FranÁois Delouis.



1:00 to 2:00 PM Lunch



2:00 to 4:00 PM POSTER SESSION C

September 18th
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MONDAY AFTERNOON

Session Chair: Jitendra V. Yakmi, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre


4:15 to 4:45 PM
Jan Reedijk, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, The Netherlands
Spin Transitions in Octahedral Iron(II) Compounds with Heterocyclic Ligands
Jan Reedijk, Jaap G. Haasnoot, Olivier S. Roubeau and Arno F. Stassen



4:45 to 5:05 PM
Miguel Julve, Universitat de ValËncia
Iron(II) and Iron(III) Complexes with 2,2í-Bipyrimidine: Preparation, Crystal Structures and Magnetic Properties
Giovanni De Munno, Francesc Lloret and Miguel Julve



5:05 to 5:25 PM
Santiago Alvarez, Universitat de Barcelona
Theoretical Approach to the Exchange Coupling in Polynuclear Transition Metal Complexes
Eliseo Ruiz, Pere Alemany, Antonio RodrÌguez-Fortea, Joan Cano, Santiago Alvarez



5:25 to 5:45 PM Coffee Break



5:45 to 6:05 PM
Hiroku Oshio, Tohoku University
Alkoxo bridged tetra-nuclear Ni(II) and Fe(II) complexes with high-spin ground states
Hiroki Oshio, Norihisa Hoshino, and Tasuku Ito

6:05 to 6:25 PM
Laurence Thompson, Memorial University, Newfoundland
Self Assembled Grids, Clusters and Chains - Structural and Magnetic Properties
Liang Zhao, Craig J. Matthews, Zhiqiang Xu, Laurence K. Thompson, David O. Miller and Sarah L. Heath



6:25 to 6:45 PM
Silvio Decurtins, The University of Berne
High-Spin Molecules and Molecular Magnetic Materials
Patrick Franz, Mathias Gross, Federica Bonadio, Melanie Pilkington, Joulia Larionova, Margret Biner, Silvio Decurtins


6:45 to 7:15 PM
Koichi Katsumata, RIKEN, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
Persuading Singlet Ground States to Order



7:30 to 9:00 PM Dinner



9:00 PM POSTER SESSION D
Cash Bar











September 19th
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TUESDAY MORNING


7:30 to 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast



Session Chair: Eugenio Coronado, Universitat de ValËncia



8:30 AM to 9:30 AM Tutorial
Fernando Palacio, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragon, Universidad de Zaragoza
Magnetic Models



9:30 to 10:00 AM
Joel Miller, University of Utah
Manganoporphyrin Based Magnets
Joel S. Miller and Arthur J. Epstein



10:00 to 10:30 AM
Eugenio Coronado, Universitat de ValËncia
Hybrid Molecule-Based Magnets: a Source of Multiproperty Materials
E. Coronado, M. Clemente-LeÛn, J. R. Gal·n-MascarÛs#, C. J. GÛmez-GarcÌa, E. MartÌnez-Ferrero, F. M. Romero



10:30 to 11:00 AM
Christopher Landee, Clark University
Copper Pyrazine Nitrate: The Exploratoreum for One-Dimensional Quantum Chains
Stephanie Amaral, William Jensen, Christopher P. Landee, Mark M. Turnbull, F. Matthew Woodward


11:00 to 11:15 AM Coffee Break


11:15 to 11:35 AM
Mohamedally Kurmoo, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux, Strasbourg
Hysteresis in Some Molecular Magnetic Materials



11:35 to 11:55 AM
Carmen Kmety, The Ohio State University
Field-Induced Magnetic Phenomena in M[N(CN)2]2 (M = Mn, Fe)
Carmen R. Kmety, Qingzhen Huang, J. W. Lynn, R. W. Erwin, J. L. Manson, S. McCall, J. E. Crow, K. L. Stevenson, Joel S. Miller and A. J. Epstein



11:55 AM to 12:15 PM
Juan Novoa, Universitat de Barcelona
Theoretical study of the nature of the magnetic interactions present in purely organic molecular crystals
J J. Novoa, M. Deumal, P. Lafuente, F. Mota



12:15 to 12:35 PM
Toshiaki Enoki, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Magnetism of nano-graphite and its assemblies
Toshiaki Enoki, Naoki Kawatsu, Yoshiyuki Shibayama, B. L. V. Prasad and Hirohiko Sato



12:45 to 1:45 PM Lunch

2:00 to 3:30 PM Business Meeting



September 19th
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON and EVENING

Free for sight-seeing around San Antonio

Dinner is on your own and there are plenty of choices besides the Hotel!

Recommendations:

El Alamo, El Mercado, River Walk (by foot)

Spanish Missions and greater San Antonio area (by car)




September 20th
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WEDNESDAY MORNING


7:30 to 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast



Session Chair: Christopher Landee, Clark University



8:30 AM to 9:30 AM Tutorial
Charles OíConnor, Advanced Materials Research Institute, The University of New Orleans
Spintronics to Spin Transport and Spin Transport Electronics
Charles OíConnor, Jinke Tang, Jian Wang, Srikanth Hariharan and James MacLaren



9:30 to 10:00 AM
Arthur Epstein, The Ohio State University
Photoinduced Magnetism in a Cluster Glass: Co-Fe Prussian Blue
Arthur J. Epstein, Dusan A. Pejakovic, Jamie L. Manson, and Joel S. Miller



10:00 to 10:20 AM Coffee Break


10:20 to 10:40 AM
Pierre Rabu, Institut de Physique et Chimie des Materiaux, Strasbourg
Hybrid layered magnets involving dicarboxylate anions; influence of p electron ligands
Pierre Rabu, Jean-Michel Rueff, Zhongle Huang, SimÈon Angelov, Marc Drillon



10:40 to 11:00 AM
JosÈ-Ramon Galan-Mascaros, Texas A&M University
Discrete and Extended Magnetic Arrays with Metals Coordinated to Triangular Nitrogen-Based Ligands
Paul Szalay, JosÈ RamÛn Gal·n-MascarÛs, Rodolphe ClÈrac and Kim R. Dunbar



11:00 to 11:20 AM
Robert Thompson, University of British Columbia
Coordination Polymers Incorporating Bridging Diazolate Ligands: from Short-Range Interactions to Molecule-Based Magnets
B. Patrick, W. M. Reiff, V. S·nchez, A. Storr and R.C. Thompson,



11:20 to 11:40 AM
Raymond Ziessel, Lab. de Chimie, díElectronique et de Photonique MolÈculaires, Strasbourg
Ferromagnetic Interactions through Hydrogen Bonds in Alkyne-substitute Nitroxide Radicals



11:40 AM to 12:00 PM
Keith Murray, Monash University
Recent Advances in Metal-dca and Metal-tcm Molecule Based Magnets;
dca = N(CN)2, tcm†= C(CN)3
Keith S. Murray, Stuart R. Batten, Paul Jensen, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Emily H.-K. Tan and P. van†der†Werff



12:00 to 12:20 PM
Victor Ovcharenko, International Tomography Center, Novosibirsk
Magnetic Anomalies Inherent in Nonrigid Heterospin Molecule-Based Magnets


12:30 to 1:30 PM Lunch

2:00 to 4:00 PM POSTER SESSION E


September 20th
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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Session Chair: Jeremy Rawson, The University of Cambridge

4:00 to 4:30 PM
Jaume Veciana, Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona
Enantiopure molecular magnets with non-conventional magnetic and chiroptical properties
MarÌa Minguet, Philippe Gerbier, Daniel Ruiz-Molina, Dominique Luneau, Vincent Villar, Carley Paulsen, David Amabilino, and Jaume Veciana.


4:30 to 4:50 PM
Silas Blackstock, University of Alabama
Spin-Spin Coupling in Polyaminonaphthalene Poly Radical Cations
Silas C. Blackstock, Trent D. Selby, Kye-Young Kim


4:50 to 5:10 PM
Dragan Mihailovic, Jozef Stefan Institute
C60 Molecular Configurations Leading to Ferromagnetic Exchange Interactions
in TDAE-C60
Bakhyt Narymbetov, Ales Omerzu, Viktor V.Kabanov, Madoka Tokumoto, Hayao Kobayashi and Dragan Mihailovic


5:10 to 5:30 PM Coffee Break




5:30 to 5:50 PM
Paul Lahti, University of Massachusetts
Hydrogen-Bonded Benzimidazole-2-tert-butylnitroxides
Paul M. Lahti, Jacqueline R. Ferrer, Clifford George, Patricia Oliete, Michel Julier, Fernando Palacio



5:50 to 6:10 PM
Andrzej Rajca, University of Nebraska
Beyond Paramagnetism in Organic Molecules and Polymers
Andrzej Rajca, Suchada Rajca, Jirawat Wongsriratanakul, Teerapat Rojsajjakul, Kan Lu, Charles R. Ross



6:10 to 6:30 PM
Jeremy Rawson, The University of Cambridge
High Tc Organic Magnets: New Developments in Thiazyl Radicals
Jeremy M. Rawson, Gordon McManus, Masaki Mito, Kazuyoshi Takeda, Patricia Oliete and Fernando Palacio



6:30 to 6:50 PM
Robin Hicks, University of Victoria
Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetochemistry of New Metal-Radical Assemblies





6:50 to 7:10 PM
David Shultz, North Carolina State University
Structure-Property Relationships in Building Blocks for Open-Shell Molecules and Materials



7:10 to 7:30 PM
James Jackson, Michigan State University
Design of Organic Building Blocks for Magnetic Materials: MCSCF Ab Initio Calculations and Solution Spectroscopic Studies on Metal Complexes of the Dianions of 3,6-Dimethylenecyclohexane-1,2,4,5-tetrones
Andrzej W. Misiolek, Andrew S. Ichimura, Robert A. Gentner, and James E. Jackson



7:30 to 9:30 PM CONFERENCE BANQUET






September 21st
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THURSDAY MORNING


7:30 to 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast


Session Chair: Mark Turnbull, Clark University

8:30 AM to 9:30 AM Tutorial
Philip G¸tlich, Institut f¸r Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universtit‰t Mainz
Thermal, Optical and Pressure-Induced Spin State Switching in Iron Complexes


9:30 to 10:00 AM
Eric Ressouche, CEA-Grenoble
Experimental Spin Densities in Enaminoketone Nitroxide to Metal Complexes
B. Gillon, E. LeliËvre-Berna, I. Ovcharenko, V. Ovcharenko, Y. Pontillon, E. Ressouche, P. Rey, J. Schweizer, J. Stride


10:00 to 10:20 AM
Konstantin Pokhodnya, University of Utah
Comparative Study of V[TCNE]x Magnet Prepared by Solution Reaction and CVD Technique
Konstantin I. Pokhodnya and Joel S. Miller.


10:20 to 10:40 AM
Martin Kirk, The University of New Mexico
Thermally Driven Intramolecular Charge Transfer in New Paramagnetic Metal Complexes
Matthew E. Helton, Nouvelle Gebhart, Rebecca L. McNaughton and Martin L. Kirk
10:40 to 11:00 AM Coffee Break


11:00 to 11:20 AM
Kazuhito Hashimoto, University of Tokyo
Design of photomagnet using octacyanometalate as a molecular building block
Kazuhito Hashimoto, Zhuang Jin Zhong and Shin-ichi Ohkoshi


11:20 to 11:40 AM
Daniel Talham, University of Florida
A New Class of ìMineral Liquid Crystalsî
RÈnal Backov, Jeffrey T. Culp, and Daniel R. Talham


11:40 AM to 12:00 PM
Mark Turnbull, Clark University
Through-Space Superexchange in Copper Salts: Factors Affecting Intra- and Interlayer Exchange
Nathan S. Agrin, John Giantsidis, Christopher P. Landee, Mark M. Turnbull, F. Matthew Woodward


12:00 to 12: 20 PM
Dominique Luneau, DÈpartement de la Recherche Fondamentale sur la MatiËre CondensÈe, Grenoble
Recent Advances in Magnetic Materials based on Complexes of Nitronyl Nitroxide



12:30 to 1:30 PM Lunch and Departures