Enhancing blocking temperature (TB) is one of the holy grails in Single Molecule Magnets
(SMMs), as any future potential application in this class of molecules is directly correlated to …

Conspectus A characteristic phenomenon of lanthanide–fullerene interactions is the transfer
of metal valence electrons to the carbon cage. With early lanthanides such as La, a …

Implementation of modern Quantum Technologies might benefit from the remarkable
quantum properties shown by molecular spin systems. In this Perspective, we highlight the …

Spin-based sensors have attracted considerable attention owing to their high sensitivities.
Herein, we developed a metallofullerene-based nano spin sensor to probe gas adsorption …

Engineering intramolecular exchange interactions between magnetic metal atoms is a
ubiquitous strategy for designing molecular magnets. For lanthanides, the localized nature …

The Raman exponent of single molecular magnetic relaxation may take various unexpected
values because of rich phonon spectra and spin-phonon coupling of molecular crystals. We …

Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) showing magnetic blocking near or above liquid nitrogen
temperature have recently been achieved by inducing exceptionally strong and axial crystal …

Metal complexes bearing single-electron metal–metal bonds (SEMBs) exhibit unusual
electronic structures evoking strong magnetic coupling, and such bonds can be stabilized in …

Understanding metal-metal bonding involving f-block elements has been a challenging goal
in chemistry. Here we report a series of mixed-valence di-metallofullerenes, ThDy@ C2 n (2 …

Mutilfunctional molecular magnetic materials have promising potential for use as future
molecular devices, such as for magneto-luminescence sensing, optical switching …