My research interests are mainly on the magnetic and transport properties of some novel
metal-organic coordination polymers. The study of these polymers is a very active topic in current
interdisciplinary materials research. This is important not only because of its great potential
for the discoveries of new functional materials, but also because it provides a large variety of
new low dimensional systems for the fundamental magnetism research .
We have successfully characterized a number of new network structures that involve transition
metal or rare earth elements in coordination with organic ligands and spacers. They exhibit very
interesting properties arising from various magnetic interactions in 1D, 2D, or 3D nature.
Furthermore, long range ferro- or antiferro-magnetic orderings with rather high critical
temperature and high coercivity have been found in several of these systems. The experimental
techniques used in our studies include X-ray diffraction , Mössbauer spectroscopy and
measurements of magnetization, heat capacity, and electrical resistivity. The results are analyzed
and interpreted using various theoretical models.
My other research interests include experimental investigations of highly correlated electronic
systems including actinide/rare-earth intermetallic compounds and high Tc superconductivity related
ceramic compounds.
32. Harry R.
Heulings IV, Xiaoying Huang, Jing Li, Tan Yuen, and C. L. Lin, Mn
Substituted Inorganic-Oganic Hybrid Materials Based on ZnSe: Nanostructures
that May Lead to Magnetic Semiconductors with Strong Quantum Confinement Effect,
Nano Letters 1 (10) 521-525 (2001).
33. M.-L. Tong,
S.-L. Zheng, X.-M. Chen, T. Yuen, C. L. Lin, X.-Y. Huang, J. Li, A
Three-Dimensional Honeycomb-Like Network Constructed with Novel One-Dimensional
S-shaped Chains via Hydrogen Bonding and Interactions, New J. Chem. 25,
1482 (2001)
34. M. A. Lawandy,
L. Pan, X. -Y. Huang, J. Li, T. Yuen, C. L. Lin, A New Three
Dimensional Lanthanide Framework Constructed by Oxalate and
3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate, in Solid State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials
III, ISBN: 1-55899-568-4, Vol 658, GG6.12 (2001)
35. Tan Yuen and Jing Li, Magnetic Properties
of Molecular Based Magnets ML(bpy) [M = Fe, Co, Ni; L = C2O4,
Cl2, (N3)2; bpy = 4,4'-bipyridine], National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 2001
Annual Report - Research, 29-30 (2001)
36. Tan Yuen, C. L. Lin, Aihua Fu, and Jing Li, Magnetic
Properties of a Metal-Organic Network Fe(N3)2(4,4'-bpy),
J. Appl. Phys. 91(10), 7385-7387
(2002)
37. C. L. Lin, Tan Yuen, P.
Riseborough, X. Y. Huang, and Jing Li, Thermal and Magnetic
Properties of a CeGe2, J.
Appl. Phys. 91(10), 8117-8119 (2002)
38. A. Fu, X. Y. Huang, Ji. Li, Tan Yuen, and C. L. Lin, Controlled Synthesis and Magnetic Properties
of 2D and 3D Iron Azide Networks 
[Fe(N3)2(4,4'-bpy)]
and 
[Fe(N3)2(4,4'-bpy)],
Chem. Euro. J. 8, 2239 (2002)
39. Jun Tao, Yong Zhang, Ming-Ling Tong,
Xiao-Ming Chen, Tan Yuen, C. L. Lin, Xiaoying Huang and Jing Li, A
Mixed-Valence Copper Coordination Polymer Generated by Hydrothermal
Metal/Ligand Redox Reactions, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm. 1342-1343 (2002)
40. C. L. Lin, J. A. Zan Tan Yuen
and G. H. Myer, Electric, Thermal and Magnetic Properties of
Hexagonal and Cubic UPtSn, J. Appl.
Phys. 93(10), 7831-7833 (2003)
41. J. A. Zan, Tan Yuen, C. L.
Lin, X. Y. Huang and Jing Li, Study of Magnetic Ordering States of CeGex
with 1.66<x£2.0, J.
Appl. Phys. 93(10), 8340-8342 (2003)
42. Tan Yuen, C. L. Lin, J. A. Zan, Long Pan and
Jing Li, Magnetic Properties of a Metal-Organic Chain System [Co(bpdc)(H2O)2]×H2O (bpdc =
biphenyldicarboxylate), J. Appl. Phys. 97(10B), 315
(2005)
43. Long Pan, Nancy Ching, Xiaoying
Huang, Jeongyong Lee, Jing Li, Tan Yuen, C. L. Lin,
and Jason Zan, The Effect of Terminal Ligands on the Dimensionality and
Topology of Metal Dicarboxylate Coordination Structures, Proceedings of
Materials Research Conference 2004, vol. 848, FF3.16 (2005)
44. Jing-Tang Li, Jun Tao, Rong-Bin
Huang, Lan-Sun Zheng, Tan Yuen, C.L. Lin, Princy Varughese, and Jing Li,
Three-dimensional Coordination Polymer Featuring Effective Ferrimagnetic
Hydroxide Bridged Manganese(II) Chains, Inorg.
Chem., 44, 4448-4450 (2005)
45. Xiaoying Huang, Harry R. Heulings
IV, Jing Li, Tan Yuen, and C. L. Lin, Towards Dilute
Magnetic Semiconductors: Fe and Co Substituted Inorganic-Organic Hybrid
Materials Based on ZnSe, invited paper for a special issue of Journal of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Vol. 5, 1487-1491 (2005)
46. C. L. Lin, Tan Yuen, J. A.
Zan, and Jing Li, Thermal and magnetic properties of La doped Ce1-yLayGe1.80
with 0 < y < 1.0 to be published in J.
Appl. Phys. 99, 1 (2006)
47. Tan Yuen, C. L. Lin, Long Pan, Xiaoying
Huang, and Jing Li, Magnetic Properties of a Metal-organic Antiferromagnet
Mn(hfipbb)py(H2O)0.5 to be published in J. Appl. Phys. 99, 1 (2006)
