Supramolecular architectures assembled from amphiphilic hybrid polyoxometalates

Dalton Trans. 2012 Mar 14;41(10):2853-61. doi: 10.1039/c2dt11882c. Epub 2012 Jan 16.

Abstract

Polyoxometalate (POM)-based inorganic-organic molecular hybrid clusters have been recently recognized as good candidates to design novel multi-functional materials. Tremendous efforts have been invested in synthesizing many interesting hybrid structures with exceptional chemical and physical properties. Grafting organic ligands to the POM clusters render these functional clusters amphiphilic properties. Here we summarize the current progresses and provide some perspectives, from colloidal chemists' point of view, on the self-assembly of the amphiphilic POM-organic hybrids in solution and at interfaces, as well as the related consequent novel features such as enhanced fluorescent properties.