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Construction of Amphiphilic Polyoxometalate Mesostructures as a Highly Efficient Desulfurization Catalyst
Author(s) -
Nisar Amjad,
Zhuang Jing,
Wang Xun
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201003520
Subject(s) - polyoxometalate , amphiphile , materials science , catalysis , alkyl , flue gas desulfurization , chemical engineering , nanowire , nanotechnology , self assembly , organic chemistry , copolymer , composite material , chemistry , polymer , engineering
Several amphiphilic polyoxometalate (POM) mesostructures are constructed (see figure), which not only exhibit enhanced catalytic efficiencies for oxidation of sulfides but also provide easy and fast catalyst recovery from the reaction system. These amphiphilic POM building blocks show interesting self‐assembly behavior at room temperature, and uniform POM‐based nanowires and nanotubes are obtained, the structures of which depend greatly on the lengths of the alkyl chains in the surfactants.