Magnetic cage-like metallasilsesquioxanes

Magnetic Cage-like metallasilsesquioxanes (CLMSs) are made of paramagnetic transition metal ions (or lanthanides) assembled through silsesquioxane ligands to build molecular architectures of different structural organization. Numerous parameters govern the magnetic properties in such systems, which range from simple paramagnetic behaviour to slow relaxation of the magnetization. Here we present a short overview focusing on recent advances in this family of compounds giving an emphasis on their magnetic properties and trying to provide a property-structure relationship. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.