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All in a spin

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A fundamental challenge in systems chemistry is to engineer the emergence of complex behaviour. The collective structures of metal cyanide chains have now been interpreted in the same manner as the myriad of magnetic phases displayed by frustrated spin systems, highlighting a symbiotic approach between systems chemistry and magnetism.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of frustrated magnets and the mapping of assemblies of coordination polymer chains in supramolecular systems chemistry.

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We thank the Leverhulme Trust for an award (RPG-2013-343) to support L.C.

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  1. Lucy Clark and Philip Lightfoot are at the School of Chemistry and EaStChem, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK,

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Clark, L., Lightfoot, P. All in a spin. Nature Chem 8, 402–404 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2510

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