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Back Cover: Spontaneous Stepwise Self‐Assembly of a Polyoxometalate–Organic Hybrid into Catalytically Active One‐Dimensional Anisotropic Structures (Chem. Eur. J. 31/2014)
Author(s) -
Yin Panchao,
Bayaguud Aruuhan,
Cheng Peng,
Haso Fadi,
Hu Lang,
Wang Joy,
Vezenov Dmitri,
Winans Randall E.,
Hao Jian,
Li Tao,
Wei Yongge,
Liu Tianbo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201490131
Subject(s) - polyoxometalate , hydrogen bond , catalysis , micelle , cluster (spacecraft) , pulmonary surfactant , polar , chemical engineering , chemistry , anisotropy , self assembly , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , crystallography , organic chemistry , physics , molecule , optics , engineering , astronomy , aqueous solution , computer science , programming language
An inorganic–organic hybrid surfactant with a hexavanadate cluster as the polar head group underwent stepwise assembly into micelles and finally, a 1D nanobelt structure with the cooperation of hydrophobic, electrostatic, and hydrogen‐bonding interactions; these last interactions are directional and lead to the anisotropic assemblies. The nanobelts are highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the oxidation of organic sulfides because most of the hexavanadates are exposed to the surface, showing its potential application in the petroleum industry and in environmentally benign chemistry. For more details see the Full Paper by T. Li, Y. Wei, T. Liu et al. on page 9589 ff.