Lanthanide-containing molecular and supramolecular polymetallic functional assemblies

The rational design of discrete polymetallic lanthanide-containing assemblies exhibiting predetermined and well-defined chemical and/or physical properties was reported. Thus, much attention was focused on systems for which relevant structure-function correlations were discussed together with thermodynamic properties responsible for the formation of specific assemblies in solution. This paper covers two short reviews highlighting specific synthetic and magnetic concepts in d-f and f-f assemblies.