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Smart Self‐Assemblies Based on a Surfactant‐Encapsulated Photoresponsive Polyoxometalate Complex
Author(s) -
Yan Yi,
Wang Huanbing,
Li Bao,
Hou Guangfeng,
Yin Zhendong,
Wu Lixin,
Yam Vivian W. W.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201004143
Subject(s) - polyoxometalate , pulmonary surfactant , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , engineering
Smart POMs : A surfactant‐encapsulated organic‐grafted polyoxometalate (POM) is synthesized by grafting a photoresponsive azobenzene group to an Anderson‐type POM cluster. Self‐assemblies of the hybrid complexes exhibit photocontrolled reversible aggregation and morphological change as a result of photoisomerization‐induced structural alternation (see figure).