Herein some examples of the use of lanthanide ions (f-metal ions) to direct the synthesis of
luminescent self-assembly systems (architectures) will be discussed. This area of lanthanide …

Single‐molecule magnets (SMMs) show wide potential applications in the field of ultrahigh‐
density storage materials, quantum computing, spintronics, and so on. Lanthanide (Ln) …

A family of heteronuclear metal organic frameworks (MOFs) using lanthanide and transition
metal ion based on a rigid ligand of substituted imidazoledicarboxylic acid, namely,{[Ln2Zn2 …

A novel Mn (II) complex [Mn (H 2 L) Cl 2]• H 2 O (1) of a ditopic ligand 1, 5-bis (2-
benzoylpyridine) thiocarbohydrazone (H 2 L) was synthesized and characterised physico …

The evaluation of N′-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene) nicotinohydrazide (HLI) and N, N′′′-bis (1-
(pyridin-2-yl)-ethylidene) carbazide (H2LII) as linker precursors in the synthesis of novel PbII …

Here we report the solvothermal self-assembly of a novel metal–organic square complex [Zn
(HL)] 4 Cl 2· ZnCl 4· 16H 2 O (1) using 1, 5-bis (2-benzoylpyridine) carbohydrazone (H 2 L) …

Cadmium ions (Cd2+) are highly toxic to animal and human health, especially through the
drinking of Cd2+-contaminated water and eating Cd2+-contaminated rice. Therefore …

In this work, five novel 2D isostructural Cd (II)–lanthanide (III) heterometallic–organic
frameworks [CdCl (L) Eu x Tb y (H2O)(DMA)](NO3)· 3DMA (IFMC-36-Eu x Tb y: x= 1, y= 0 …

An unprecedented {Gd18} nanowheel was solvothermally synthesized with a novel
diacylhydrazone ligand. It features a rare single-stranded skeleton just like a Reuleaux …

Structural assembly and reversible transformation between a metallogrid Dy4 SMM (2) and
its fragment Dy2 (1) were established in the different solvent media. The zero-field …