Novel functional molecular-based magnetic materials, especially some members of the
Prussian blue family, have gained significant attention over the past few decades as they …

Cyanide-bridged molecule-based magnetic materials with reduced dimensionality, such as
single-molecule magnets (SMMs) and single-chain magnets (SCMs), have attracted great …

Systematic analysis of related compounds is crucial to the design of single-molecule
magnets with improved properties, yet such studies on multinuclear lanthanide complexes …

Tailoring the specific magnetic properties of any material relies on the topological control of
the constituent metal ion building blocks. Although this general approach does not seem to …

Salens are among the most widely studied ligands in chemistry. They are primarily applied
in homogeneous catalysis, a use that helps to increase our knowledge of environmentally …

By the reactions of MnIII Schiff-base complexes with the tricyanometalate building block,[(Tp)
Cr (CN) 3]−(Tp= Tris (pyrazolyl) hydroborate), two couples of enantiomerically pure chiral …

One-pot metal promoted reactions between salicylaldehyde and 4-methyl-1, 3-
phenylenediamine in the presence of metal salts acting as template agents yield zinc (II) …

Theoretical calculation plays an important role in the emerging field of single-molecule
magnets (SMMs). It can not only explain experimental phenomena but also provide synthetic …

Pentanuclear cyanide-bridged clusters of the general formula {[M (tmphen) 2] 3 [M′(CN) 6]
2}(tmphen= 3, 4, 7, 8-tetramethyl-1, 10-phenanthroline) have been under investigation in our …

This perspective reviews our recent efforts towards the self-assembly of polynuclear clusters
with ditopic and tritopic multidentate ligands HL1 (2-phenyl-4, 5-bis {6-(3, 5-dimethylpyrazol …