Issue 41, 2015

Self-assembly of triangular polyoxometalate–organic hybrid macroions in mixed solvents

Abstract

Triangular-shaped inorganic–organic hybrids with three polyoxometalate (POM) clusters as polar head groups are found to self-assemble into blackberry structures in water–acetone solvent mixtures containing 65–95 vol% acetone. The driving force for the self-assembly of the hybrids is shown to originate from the electrostatic counterion-cluster interactions.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of triangular polyoxometalate–organic hybrid macroions in mixed solvents

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Mar 2015
Accepted
16 Apr 2015
First published
16 Apr 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8630-8633

Author version available

Self-assembly of triangular polyoxometalate–organic hybrid macroions in mixed solvents

B. Zhang, C. P. Pradeep, L. Cronin and T. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 8630 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02003D

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