The group's activity focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel molecular materials that exhibit several properties of interest within a single material, properties that can be modulated and adjusted at will. The ultimate goal is the preparation of devices in which these multifunctional molecular materials offer an additional advantage thanks to the possibility of modulating these properties. To achieve this, the group uses standard coordination chemistry tools for the synthesis of materials that combine different properties. The most common properties are electrical, magnetic, and optical. Electrically, the group focuses on electronic and ionic conductors and superconductors. Magnetic properties include magnetic couplings, long-range magnetic ordering, single-molecule magnets (SMMs), single-chain magnets (SCMs), and switching systems, such as spin-transition systems (SCOs). Optical properties include luminescence and fluorescence, as well as chiral and photoisomerizable systems. Systems with SCOs also exhibit optical properties such as spin-locking... http://www.icmol.es/m4/