Advances in self-assembled ultrathin polyoxomolybdates multilayers

Abstract

The research on the assembly and function of organized molecular films has gained more and more interest. Electrostatic interactions can be employed to assemble polyoxomolybdates in surface confined multilayers. Ultrathin multilayer films of polyoxomolybdates and organic molecules by the self-assembly method have been reviewed. At the same time, self-assemblies in aqueous solution are also reported, such as wheel-shaped clusters (Mo₁₅₄), hollow spherical “blackberry”-like vesicles (Mo₇₂Fe₃₀) and Keggin structures. Polyoxomolybdate multilayers are promising candidates for diverse applications including electrocatalytic, photo- and electro-chromic systems. The development in this particular field of materials science may be highlighted in the future.

Keywords

polyoxomolybdates / multilayer films / self-assembled

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 20871001, 20671001, and 20731001), the Major Program of Anhui Provincial Education Department (Grant ZD2007004-1), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20070357002), and Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Material of Inorganic Chemistry.

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