Crystal structures and magnetic properties of cyano-bridged 4f-3d complexes

The most recent research progress in the fields of the crystal structure and magnetochemistry for rare earth-transition metal cyano-bridged complexes is reviewed in detail. The emphasis is put on the introduction to the research achievements of our group in this field, including all the types of complexes with different crystal structures in these systems such as dinuclear, trinuclear, one-dimensional chain and hydrogen-bonded network ion-pairs. At the same time a few examples of rare earth-transition metal molecular-based magnets have been found to exhibit excellent magnetochemical properties, such as the long-range magnetic ordering, the higher critical temperature Tc and the stronger coercive force. These results will be expected to promote the research development in this field.