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Importance of Molecular Crystals

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We have described issues necessary to reach a basic understanding of molecular systems except those readily found in separate textbooks, such as electronic and optical properties (related to electronic states of systems), magnetism, or polymer science. In this chapter, issues and relevant phenomena in which the author expects specific and intrinsic importance of molecular systems are discussed briefly using examples. The choice and achievement are incomplete, of course. Nevertheless, the author wishes that this chapter be valuable for inspiring readers’ curiosity.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    We only consider the ferroic case, which favors the same states for interacting spins, to avoid issues related to the so-called frustration.

  2. 2.

    A factor 2 additionally appears if we consider the choices of configurations of two terminal spins.

  3. 3.

    Although the data are the same, the fit method is different from that in [28]. Note that the fits treat the frequency as the independent variable considering the experimental reality: the temperature was scanned while measuring the dielectric constant at specified frequencies.

  4. 4.

    The estimate includes an unknown contribution of the twist-dependent interaction.

  5. 5.

    See Sect. 4.2 for the meaning of “traditional.”

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Saito, K. (2020). Importance of Molecular Crystals. In: Chemical Physics of Molecular Condensed Matter. Lecture Notes in Chemistry, vol 104. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9023-8_10

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