Major-league magnetostriction: Magnetoelectric materials polarize in response to either electric or magnetic fields, making them attractive for data-storage applications. Long et al. discovered a ytterbium-based molecular magnetoelectric material with high magnetoelectric coupling (see the Perspective by Zhou and Han). An applied magnetic field strains the material, which changes its electrical properties. The required field is much lower than other magnetoelectric materials, and this work highlights the potential for using molecular materials in devices. Science , this issue p. 671 ; see also p. 627

A survey on the synthesis of cyano-bridged coordination polymer nanoparticles (CPNs) performed in our group and on the study of their related magnetic properties is given. Two synthetic approaches consisting in the one-pot synthesis of soluble CPNs and in the sequential growth of CPNs onto appropriate matrices are reviewed. A special emphasis is placed on the magnetic properties of CPNs and the determination of the magnetic regime in these systems, which strongly depends on various factors. We show that the size of the nanoparticles, the magnetostatic interparticles and/or the NP–matrix interactions provide significant modification of the superparamagnetic relaxation regime.

We report a new octahedral luminescent SMM exhibiting massive crystal-field splitting and an anisotropic barrier of 1385 cm ⁻¹ .

Recent developments in the field of Prussian blue-type nanomaterials for biomedical applications.