"... the book does an excellent job of puttingtogether several different classes of materials. Many common pointsemerge, and the book may facilitate the development of hybrids inwhich the qualities of the "parents" areenhanced." -Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011With applications in optoelectronics and photonics, quantuminformation processing, nanotechnology and data storage, molecularmaterials enrich our daily lives in countless ways. These materialshave properties that depend on their exact structure, the degree oforder in the way the molecules are aligned and their crystallinenature. Small, delicate changes in molecular structure can totallyalter the properties of the material in bulk.There has been increasing emphasis on functional metal complexesthat demonstrate a wide range of physical phenomena. MolecularMaterials represents the diversity of the area, encapsulatingmagnetic, optical and electrical properties, with chapters on:* Metal-Based Quadratic Nonlinear Optical Materials* Physical Properties of Metallomesogens* Molecular Magnetic Materials* Molecular Inorganic Conductors and Superconductors* Molecular NanomagnetsStructured to include a clear introduction, a discussion of thebasic concepts and up-to-date coverage of key aspects, each chapterprovides a detailed review which conveys the excitement of work inthat field.Additional volumes in the Inorganic Materials Series:Low-Dimensional Solids | Molecular Materials | Porous Materials| Energy Materials