Engineering polyoxometalates with emergent properties

Miras, H.N. , Yan, J., Long, D.L. and Cronin, L. (2012) Engineering polyoxometalates with emergent properties. Chemical Society Reviews, 41(22), pp. 7403-7430. (doi: 10.1039/C2CS35190K)

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Abstract

Polyoxometalates are clusters of metal-oxide units, comprising a large diversity of nanoscale structures, and have many common building blocks; in fact polyoxometalate clusters are perhaps the largest non-biologically derived molecules structurally characterised. Not only can polyoxometalates have gigantic nanoscale molecular structures, but they also a have a vast array of physical properties, many of which can be specifically `engineered-in'. Here we describe how building block libraries of polyoxometalates can be used to construct systems with important catalytic, electronic, and structural properties. We also show that it is possible to construct complex chemical systems based upon polyoxometalates, manipulating the templating/self templating rules to exhibit emergent processes from the molecular to the macroscopic scale.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Moiras, Professor Haralampos and Long, Dr Deliang and Cronin, Professor Lee
Authors: Miras, H.N., Yan, J., Long, D.L., and Cronin, L.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
Journal Name:Chemical Society Reviews
Journal Abbr.:Chem. Soc. Rev.
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:0306-0012
ISSN (Online):1460-4744
Published Online:02 August 2012

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