“…Furthermore, 4f ions contain various coordination geometries, most from six-to nine-coordination, which contribute to the design and adjustment of the structures ( Ruiz-Martínez et al, 2008 ; Song et al, 2012 ; Aulakh et al, 2015 ; Guo et al, 2017 ; Li et al, 2017 ; Wang et al, 2018 ). In addition, the quantum tunneling effect can be effectively suppressed by the weak couplings, especially weak ferromagnetic couplings, thereby improving energy barriers, in lanthanide MOFs ( Woodruff et al, 2013 ; Das et al, 2018 ; Ji et al, 2019 ). Therefore, lanthanide ions are well suited for constructing MOFs with SMM behaviour, in particular for those with magnetic switching effects.…”