Magnetism and Chirality Workshop at the LNCMI
12 April 2023 bySuper Administrateur
Workshop
A workshop devoted to ‘Magnetism and chirality’ is being organised on 13 and 14 June 2023 at the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses in Grenoble. It will bring together the French molecular magnetism and chirality communities, both of which are well identified respectively by the Association Française du Magnétisme Moléculaire (AM2) and the GdR Chirafun, around a rapidly expanding theme. It is supported by two Grenoble LABEXs, ARCANE for chemistry and LANEF for physics, underlining the interdisciplinary nature of this subject.
The link between magnetism and chirality has been researched since the 19th century, notably by Louis Pasteur. A major breakthrough came with the predictions of L. D. Barron and the pioneering work of Geert Rikken (LNCMI) on several magneto-chiral anisotropies. They highlighted the synergies and new physico-chemical properties that could result from combining magnetism and chirality within the same material. Molecular chemists then realised that they could design and synthesise materials combining these two properties in a controlled way, in order to propose a systematic investigation of the interaction between chirality and magnetism in optical, transport and/or chemical properties.
The aim of the workshop organised at the LNCMI in Grenoble is to present recent advances and highlight future opportunities in this field, covering fundamental aspects such as the homochirality of life, as well as opening up new avenues for reading the quantum state of molecule-magnets (Single-Molecule Magnets) or for the synthesis of chiral compounds.
You can now consult the summary of the various speeches.
You can attend free of charge by sending an e-mail to cyrille.train@lncmi.cnrs.fr.
The number of participants is limited and the registration deadline is 30 May 2023.