Part 1 Materials: low molecular weight lyotropic metallomesogens, Teresa Sierra; low molecular weight calamitic metallomesogens, Jose Luis Serrano and Teresa Sierra; low molecular weight discotic metallomesogens, Joaquin Barbera; metallomesogenic polymers, Luis Oriol. Part 2 Synthesis: design and synthesis of low molecular weight metallomesogens, Mercedes Marcos; synthetic strategies for metallomesogenic polymers, Luis Oriol. Part 3 Structural characterization: X-ray studies of metallomesogens, Joaquin Barbera; electron paramagnetic resonance of paramagnetic metallomesogens, Pablo J. Alonso. Part 4 Physical properties and applications: magnetic properties of metallomesogens, Pablo J. Alonso; other physical properties and possible applications of metallomesogens, M. Blanca Ros.