Single molecule controlled at room temperature: Tiny magnetic switch discovered

URL

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110128075718.htm

Description

A Kiel research group headed by the chemist, Professor Rainer Herges, has succeeded for the first time in directly controlling the magnetic state of a single molecule at room temperature. The paper was recently published in the journal Science. The switchable molecule, which is the result of a sub-project of the Collaborative Research Centre 677 "Function by Switching," could be used both in the construction of tiny electromagnetic storage units and in the medical imaging.

Idea

Could this be possibly used to prepare cells with an ion and dynamically influence the magnetic properties?