Models for one-dimensional molecular magnets

Since the middle of the last century several models have been developed to describe the magnetic properties of one-dimensional (chain) systems. On the other hand, during the last decades several important synthesis techniques have also been developed and new materials with low-dimensional character appeared; and thus, those models tested. However, nowadays, there is a plant of new materials, with potential applications, requiring an efficient and fast magnetic characterization. This is the aim of the present paper, to provide a fully automatized routine, added to the CARDAMOMO package, to analyze eight different magnetic chains, including uni- and duo-metallic, regular and irregular chains. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.