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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Supramolecular Assembly of Geometrically Unstable Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Uranyl Peroxide Cage Clusters and Their
Mengyu Xu1, Hrafn Traustason2, Fabrice Dal Bo1
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States.
Abstract:
An aromatic ligand was introduced into the synthesis of a uranyl peroxide polyoxometalate formulated as K32(UO2)19(O2)26(OH)2(C6H4P2O6)4·65H2O that consists of a unique "open oyster" shaped structure (U19) with intramolecular H-bonds. In the solid state, K-π and π-π interactions as well as K-O bonds enable the formation of a supramolecular network between U19 clusters. U19 adopts an incomplete fullerene topology and was utilized as a precursor from which the geometrically favored U24 structure was produced. A potassium-encapsulated U24 structure was obtained upon heating the solution containing U19.
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