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The international workshop on "Advances
and Prospects in Molecular Magnetism" is devoted to the
rapidly developing and highly interdisciplinary field of
molecular magnetism. The major intention of the workshop is:
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to bring together a
small number of specialists and young researchers to disseminate
the knowledge in this relatively novel and emerging field, and
let them present recent results in a highly focused
environment. The topics covered should illustrate general trends
and new aspects, but cannot be expected to exhaustively cover
the whole field.
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to stimulate intensive and focused
discussions in view of a basic understanding of the problems,
or, at least, agree on scientifically valid formulations of the
key issues to be resolved. New experimental as well as
theoretical possibilities with respect to key questions should
be explored, and forthcoming scientific questions defined.
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to transfer this knowledge to younger researchers, and to get
their input and fresh ideas. Young researchers and doctoral
students should be involved in the focused discussions.
To overcome the intrinsic difficulties and barriers associated
with communication of knowledge in strongly interdisciplinary
fields requires a very intensive interaction and discussion
amongst the scientists involved, which can ideally be done only
in the kind of workshop made possible by the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftung, with wide
international participation.
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