The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

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 …

Cluster-assembled materials based on polyoxometalates (POMs) process unprecedented
structural tunability and polymer-like behaviors because of the sub-nanometer-sized …

Functionalization via covalent grafting of organic functions allows to tune the redox and acid–
base properties, and the solubility of polyoxometalates, to enhance their stability and …

Polyoxometalate (POM) clusters with atomic precision structures are promising candidates
construct functional nanomaterials via self‐assembly. Non‐covalent interactions at …

Owing to the potential applications in catalysis, analytical chemistry, ion exchange,
magnetism, biological chemistry and medicine, tremendous effort has been dedicated to …

Detailed knowledge of the atomic-scale structure is needed to understand and predict
properties of materials. For ordinary crystals, this information is obtained by traditional …

Surfactants are common amphiphilic materials that usually contain small polar head groups
and long hydrophobic tails. Surfactants can self-assemble into micellar or vesicular …

Uranyl peroxide clusters containing from 16 to 124 uranyl ions self-assemble in aqueous
solution and exhibit tremendous topological complexity. Most of these clusters are cages …

Polyoxometalates (POMs) are metal oxide cluster compounds with applications in many
fields from medicine to nanotechnology.[1] The applicability of POMs can be broadened by …