Rare earth elements have long been utilized in magnetism to take advantage of their anisotropy. Lanthanoid ions are ideal building blocks for anisotropy in designing magnetic molecules, thanks to their partially filled 4f orbitals, which result in unquenched orbital angular momentum in the ligand field.

This Collection features selected papers on the magnetic properties of lanthanoid-containing molecular compounds, all published in Magnetochemistry (ISSN: 2312-7481). We believe the following papers may be of interest to you:

Original research articles on lanthanoid(III) complexes:

“Calixarene-like Lanthanide Single-Ion Magnets Based on Nd^III, Gd^III, Tb^III and Dy^III Oxamato Complexes”
by Tamyris T. da Cunha, João Honorato de Araujo-Neto, Meiry E. Alvarenga, Felipe Terra Martins, Emerson F. Pedroso, Davor L. Mariano, Wallace C. Nunes, Nicolás Moliner, Francesc Lloret, Miguel Julve et al.
Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(12), 103; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10120103

“Engineering Mononuclear Ln(III) Complexes with a Pseudo-Macrocyclic Hexadentate N₄O₂ Schiff Base Ligand Exhibiting Slow Magnetic Relaxation”
by Ismael Francisco Diaz-Ortega, Yating Ye, Jesus Jover, Eliseo Ruiz, Enrique Colacio and Juan Manuel Herrera
Magnetochemistry 2024, 10(12), 104; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry10120104

“Theoretical Study of Pentacoordinated Lanthanide Single-Ion Magnets via Ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculation”
by Yu-Xi Wang, Yu-Fei Wang and Bing Yin
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11010003

“Er(III) and Yb(III) Complexes with a Tripodal Nitroxyl Radical: Magnetochemical Study and Ab Initio Calculations”
by Mauro Perfetti, Alexey A. Dmitriev and Kira E. Vostrikova
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(2), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11020016

“Magnetic Relaxation in a Heterolanthanide Binuclear Complex Involving a Nitronyl Nitroxide Biradical”
by Yan Zhou, Junfang Xie, Chaoyi Jin, Yue Ma and Licun Li
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(4), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11040026

“Synthesis, X-Ray Crystal Structures, and Magnetic Properties of a Series of Trinuclear Rare-Earth Hepta-Chloride Clusters”
by Yingying Pan, You-Song Ding, Lei Li and Zhiping Zheng
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(5), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11050038

“Two Dy₂ Zero-Field Single-Molecule Magnets Derived from Hydrazone Schiff Base-Bridging Ligands and 1,3-Di(2-pyridyl)-1,3-propanedione”
by Cai-Ming Liu
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(7), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11070058

“A Dinuclear Dysprosium(III) Single Molecule Magnet of Benzo[h]quinolin-10-ol”
by Limin Zhou, Hongling Lv, Yuning Liang, Dongcheng Liu, Zaiheng Yao, Shuchang Luo and Zilu Chen
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(9), 73; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11090073

“A Dy₂ Complex Constructed by TCNQ^·− Radical Anions with Slow Magnetic Relaxation Behavior”
by Xirong Wang, Shijia Qin, Xiulan Li, Wenjing Zuo, Qinglun Wang, Licun Li, Yue Ma, Jinkui Tang and Bin Zhao
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(9), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11090075

Original research articles on coordination polymers and metal−organic frameworks:

“Slow Relaxation of the Magnetisation in a Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Framework with a Layered Square Lattice”
by Samia Benmansour, Christian Cerezo-Navarrete and Carlos J. Gómez-García
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11010001

“Lanthanoid Coordination Polymers Based on Homoditopic Picolinate Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties”
by Verónica Jornet-Mollá, Carlos J. Gómez-García, Miquel J. Dolz-Lozano and Francisco M. Romero
Magnetochemistry 2025, 11(4), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry11040031