Robotic exploration of amino-acid functionalised molybdenum blue polyoxometalate nanoclusters

Abstract

A robotic platform was employed to investigate the synthetic conditions for the assembly of molybdenum blue (MB) polyoxometalates in a large chemical space that included concentrations of reactants, the amount of reducing agent, solution pH etc. Four different solid phases of {Mo₁₅₄} MB clusters were identified and crystallographically explored, demonstrating the robotic platform's strength in targeted exploration.