Issue 1, 2015

Magnetic clusters based on octacyanidometallates

Abstract

Octacyanidometallates make an important branch of cyanide-based molecular magnets that not only follow the trends in modern magnetochemistry and materials science but also have stimulated these fields from the very beginning and still blaze a trail by introducing new concepts such as heterotrimetallic systems, new functionalities and cross-effects like photo-switching of magneto-optical properties and setting new records in magnetic ordering temperatures or magnetic exchange interactions. The following paper focuses on a special class of molecular magnets which, to the best of our knowledge, have not been reviewed so far: octacyanide-based magnetic clusters. A complete list of all known molecules incorporating octacyanides with an extensive discussion of their structures, topologies and magnetic properties, with special attention paid to multifunctional systems, is provided. Several milestone-clusters are discussed thoroughly to emphasize their particular importance in the development of crystal engineering and molecular magnetism.

Graphical abstract: Magnetic clusters based on octacyanidometallates

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 10 2014
Accepted
25 11 2014
First published
26 11 2014

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 10-27

Magnetic clusters based on octacyanidometallates

D. Pinkowicz, R. Podgajny, B. Nowicka, S. Chorazy, M. Reczyński and B. Sieklucka, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 10 DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00189C

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