Fondo Busto, María MatildeEscuer, AlbertHerrera, Juan Manuel2020-04-072020-04-072019Fondo M, Escuer A and Herrera JM (2019) Editorial: Molecular Magnets. Front. Chem. 7:229. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.002292296-2646http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21250Since the discovery of single molecule magnetism in a Mn12 complex in 1993, the research on this field has received growing attention. This is mainly due to the great advantages that the molecular magnets would have in storage and data processing with respect to the classic magnets. Moreover, on basis on their quantum size effects, other applications beyond high-density information storage have been proposed, such as spintronics or qubits for quantum computing. This special issue in Molecular Magnets compiles 7 articles on the latest advances in this research topicengCopyright © 2019 Fondo, Escuer and Herrera. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these termshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Molecule-based magnetSingle molecular magnetModeling and theoryExchange and magnetic interactionLanthanoids and transition metalsjournal article10.3389/fchem.2019.00229open access