The plasticity of the coordination chemistry of lanthanoid ions has allowed the design and synthesis for the first time of a family of mononuclear hybrid organic–inorganic lanthanoid complexes with slow relaxation of the magnetization.

Mononuclear organic–inorganic hybrid lanthanoid complexes show that the combination of both types of ligands improves the optical response compared to the inorganic analogue, thus having potential optical applications due to their thermal response.