Solution behaviors and self-assembly of polyoxometalates as models of macroions and amphiphilic polyoxometalate–organic hybrids as novel surfactants

P Yin, D Li, T Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Large, hydrophilic polyoxoanions with high solubility in water and/or other polar solvents
demonstrate unique solution behavior by self-assembling into single layer, hollow, spherical …

From linking of metal-oxide building blocks in a dynamic library to giant clusters with unique properties and towards adaptive chemistry

A Müller, P Gouzerh - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Following Nature's lessons, today chemists can cross the boundary of the small molecule
world to construct multifunctional and highly complex molecular nano-objects up to protein …

Polyoxometalates-functionalized electrodes for (photo) electrocatalytic applications: Recent advances and prospects

B Fabre, C Falaise, E Cadot - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
This review is intended to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive description of recent
advances since the mid-2010s in the elaboration and the involvement of polyoxometalates …

Self-assembly in aqueous solution of wheel-shaped Mo154 oxide clusters into vesicles

T Liu, E Diemann, H Li, AWM Dress, A Müller - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Surfactants and membrane lipids readily assemble into complex structures such as micelles,
liposomes or hollow vesicles owing to their amphiphilic character—the fact that part of their …

Archimedean synthesis and magic numbers:“sizing” giant molybdenum‐oxide‐based molecular spheres of the keplerate type

A Müller, S Sarkar, SQN Shah, H Bögge… - Angewandte Chemie …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Pythagorean harmony can be found in the spherical polyoxometalate clusters described
here (see illustration for an example of a structure), since there are interesting relationships …

Soluble molybdenum blues “des pudels kern”

A Müller, C Serain - Accounts of chemical research, 2000 - ACS Publications
The earlier tremendous interest in molybdenum blue solutions an enigma for generations of
chemists became even more pronounced when it turned out that the basic building units …

An integrated giant polyoxometalate complex for photothermally enhanced catalytic oxidation

X Chen, G Zhang, B Li, L Wu - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
A strategy integrating near infrared (NIR) photothermal and catalytic effects within one active
center beyond ultraviolet and visible light is proposed without the combination of separated …

Unveiling the transient template in the self-assembly of a molecular oxide nanowheel

HN Miras, GJT Cooper, DL Long, H Bögge, A Müller… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Self-assembly has proven a powerful means of preparing structurally intricate
nanomaterials, but the mechanism is often masked by the common one-pot mixing …

Toward nanodevices: synthesis and characterization of the nanoporous surfactant-encapsulated keplerate (DODA) 40 (NH4) 2 [(H2O) n⊂ Mo132O372 (CH3COO) 30 …

D Volkmer, A Du Chesne, DG Kurth… - Journal of the …, 2000 - ACS Publications
We describe the spontaneous self-assembly and the superstructure of a discrete surfactant-
encapsulated cluster,(DODA) 40 (NH4) 2 [(H2O) n⊂ Mo132O372 (CH3COO) 30 (H2O) …

The Construction of High‐Nuclearity Isopolyoxoniobates with Pentagonal Building Blocks: [HNb27O76]16− and [H10Nb31O93(CO3)]23−

R Tsunashima, DL Long, HN Miras… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Polyoxometalates (POM) are metal oxide cluster compounds with applications in many fields
from medicine to nanotechnology.[1] The wide interest and numerous applications mean …