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Joanna Drzeżdżon1,2, Mateusz A Baluk1, Paulina Parcheta-Szwindowska3
1Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland. joanna.drzezdzon@ug.edu.pl.
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A molecular shielding strategy using TiO2 nanotubes is reported to protect oxovanadium(IV) complexes from hydrolytic deactivation. This nanoconfinement-driven approach enables the efficient microwave-assisted aqueous polymerization of methyl methacrylate. Thus, the cooperative effect between auxiliary ligand design and the inorganic scaffold transforms labile species into robust catalysts for sustainable chemical processes.
