Single‐Molecule Magnets Spin Devices

Since the first observation of quantum effects, scientists have striven to gain a deeper knowledge and understating of these characteristics with the ultimate goal of implementing them in practical applications. Today, due to important contributions of many pioneers, we are at the point in which quantum effects can be exploited, prompting the proposal of several futuristic technological applications such as quantum sensing, quantum simulation, quantum computing, and quantum communication. These technologies share some common ground: they rely on the manipulation and read-out of the electronic or nuclear states; hence, their quantum properties must fulfill certain characteristics. To accomplish these tasks, several systems have been proposed; however, among the several prospects, molecular systems have been shown to possess several advantageous characteristics, as compared to common platforms. In this chapter, key aspects of single-molecule magnets allowing their proposal in applications in quantum sensing, quantum simulation, quantum computing, and quantum communications will be revised.