Cluster-based Magnetic Porous Coordination Polymers

The creation of a porous magnet is a long-sought academic goal since magnetism and porosity are hostile to one another. While long-range magnetic ordering needs spin carriers of short separation through short bridges, porosity relies on the use of extended connecting ligands. Here, we will give a survey of the cluster-based magnetic porous coordination polymers, i.e., 0-D MPCPs, according to their Junctional subunits: (1) nanoporous spin crossover materials with single metal nodes; (2) metal-radical approach with rigid organic radical ligands and single metal nodes; (C) PCPs with rigid organic ligands and metal oligomer nodes; (D) PCPs with metal complex linkers and polymetal cluster nodes; (E) PCPs with organo-polymetal cluster linkers and single metal nodes. The assembly from clusters can provide a reasonable route to resolve the hostility between magnetism and porosity. This assembly's merits are obvious: the pore benefits from the big cluster according to "Scale Chemistry", and the functional framework inherits interesting physical properties from the clusters with a large ground spin S.