“…Many lanthanide complexes (Ln = Ce, Nd, Eu, Tb, Ho, Tm, and Yb) and transition-metal complexes (TM = V, Fe, Ni, and Ag) sandwiched between COT rings have been successfully produced by using laser vaporization and molecular beam methods in the past few years. − Using molecular beam magnetic deflection technique, Nakajima et al investigated the electronic and magnetic properties of Eu-COT clusters and found that Eu-COT has large magnetic moment (MM) and the total MM linearly increases with the number of Eu atoms. Jaeger et al and Kandalam et al performed photodissociation and anion photoelectron spectroscopy studies on Fe-COT clusters, respectively. For Ln-COT clusters, these experimental and theoretical investigations mainly focus on the stability, charge transfer, electronic structure, and magnetic properties; only few attempt to explore the electron transport property of Ln-COT clusters .…”