Heterobimetallic Coordination Complexes Containing Rare Earth and d-Block Ions

稀土化合物具有主要的工业应用，例如MRI造影剂和橡胶和石油工业中的催化剂。 从这个项目中获得的基础知识有可能产生新的和先进的磁性材料。 澳大利亚正在发展纳米技术产业，这项研究将提供具有作为光或电开关、磁存储装置或分子传感器的能力的材料。 这项开创性的工作将确保澳大利亚在迅速发展的磁性化学领域内保持化学研究的前沿地位。

Rare earth compounds have major industrial applications such as MRI contrast agents and as catalysts within the rubber and petroleum industries. The fundamental knowledge ensuing from this project has the potential to produce new and advanced magnetic materials. Nanotechnological industries are being developed in Australia and this research will provide materials with the capacity to act as optical or electrical switches, magnetic storage devices or molecular sensors. This pioneering work will ensure that Australia remains at the forefront of chemical research within the rapidly advancing field of magnetochemistry.