Electrons in molecules : from basic principles to molecular electronics / Jean-Pierre Launay, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, Michel Verdaguer, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.

1. Basic concepts
1.1. Electron: an old, complex, and exciting story
1.2. Electrons in atoms
1.3. Electrons in molecules
1.4. Electrons in molecular solids
1.5. Effects of interelectronic repulsion
1.6. A fundamental quantum effect: tunnelling
2. The localized electron: magnetic properties
2.1. Introduction
2.2. A new look at the electron
2.3. Physical quantities, definitions, units, and measurements
2.4. Many-electron atoms, mononuclear complexes, and spin cross-over
1.5. Effects of interelectronic repulsion
1.6. A fundamental quantum effect: tunnelling
2. The localized electron: magnetic properties
2.1. Introduction
2.2. A new look at the electron
2.3. Physical quantities, definitions, units, and measurements
2.4. Many-electron atoms, mononuclear complexes, and spin cross-over
2.5. Spin Hamiltonian (SH) approach
2.6. Orbital interactions and exchange
2.7. Extended molecular magnetic systems
2.8. Magnetic anisotropy and slow relaxation of the magnetization

3. Basic parameters controlling electron transfer
3.1. Basic parameters controlling electron transfer
3.2. Electron transfer in discrete molecular systems
3.3. Conductivity in extended molecular solids
4. The excited electron: photophysical properties
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Fundamentals in photophysics: absorption, emission, and excited states
4.3. Electron transfer in the excited state
4.4. Energy transfer
4.5. Photomagnetism
5. The mastered electron: molecular electronics
5.1. Introduction and historical account
5.2. Hybrid molecular electronics
5.3. Behaviour of ensemble of molecules
5.4. Towards quantum computing
5.5. Conclusion and perspectives.