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High Resolution Physical Characterization of Single Metallic Nanoparticles
Published on: June 28, 2019
Starlike nanostructures of polyoxometalates K3[PMo12O40].nH2O synthesized and assembled by an inverse microemulsion
Xian-Hua Zhang1, Su-Yuan Xie, Zhi-Yuan Jiang
1State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
Abstract:
In a nonionic inverse microemulsion system, surfactant (C12-18EO9)/cyclohexane/water, heteropolyanions [PMo12O40]3- react with K+ to form K3[PMo12O40].nH2O nanorods and assemble as three-dimensional starlike nanostructures.

