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High Resolution Physical Characterization of Single Metallic Nanoparticles
Published on: June 28, 2019
Structural and Chemical Effects of the Surrounding Cations and Coexisting Compounds on [M(α-PW11O39)2]n
Jun Iijima1, Haruo Naruke2, Ryuta X Suzuki1
1Department of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Naka-cho, Koganei city, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
Abstract:
The effects of countercations and coexisting compounds on the molecular structure of the [M(α-PW11O39)2] polyanion were analyzed in terms of the repulsion and twisting of two [α-PW11O39]7- units. More specifically, it was found that two [α-PW11O39]7- ions approached one another upon reducing the ionic radius of M in [M(α-PW11O39)2] . The interactive twisting of the [α-PW11O39]7- units prevented mutual repulsion of the units containing terminal O atoms, and the tendency for approach and twisting of the [α-PW11O39]7- units varied as a function of the type of countercation and the presence of coexisting compounds. Overall, this study demonstrated that some interactions between the counteraction and coexisting compounds with [M(α-PW11O39)2] determined the molecular conformation and the isolated form of the polyanion.
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