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Frontispiece: Self‐Recognition Between Two Almost Identical Macroions During Their Assembly: The Effects of pH and Temperature
Author(s) -
Haso Fadi,
Li Dong,
Garai Somenath,
Pigga Joseph M.,
Liu Tianbo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201583862
Subject(s) - homogeneous , polyoxometalate , counterion , electrolyte , chemistry , chemical physics , work (physics) , phenomenon , ion , physics , thermodynamics , biochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , electrode
Self‐Recognition among Inorganic Macroions. Through counterion association, inorganic macroions tend to self‐assemble into hollow spherical “blackberry”‐like structures. Interestingly, these macroions undergo self‐recognition by forming two different homogeneous “blackberry”‐like structures rather than one heterogeneous one. In this work, we show that for two weak‐electrolyte polyoxometalate (POM) macroions ( {Mo 72 Fe 30 } and {Mo 72 Cr 30 } ), the self‐recognition phenomenon is universal and two homogeneous blackberries exist in solution upon adjusting the pH and temperature. For the complete story see the Full Paper by T. Liu and co‐workers on page 13234 ff.