title: A promising new route towards single-molecule magnets based on the oxalate ligand.
abstract: A unique purely lanthanide-based single-molecule magnet (SMM) with an oxalate bridge has been designed through a rational synthetic approach. This strategy opens up new opportunities to design SMMs through the premeditated choice of a blocking ligand and suitable oxalate bridge.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Gong-Feng
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qing-Lun
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gamez
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clérac
authors.forename: Jinkui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Shi-Ping
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Dai-Zheng
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Liao