Design of Magnetic Polyoxometalates for Molecular Spintronics and as Spin Qubits

In the past decades, POMs have been used as minimal models in Molecular Magnetism, since they are a convenient playing ground to study fundamental phenomena such as anisotropic magnetic exchange and electron transfer. Now they have jumped to the stage of the rational design of single-ion magnets and are being considered as test subjects for simple experiments in Single-Molecule Spintronics and Molecular Quantum Computing. This chapter contains an overview of recent results that demonstrate the potential of POMs in these emerging fields.