Site specific supramolecular heterogeneous catalysis by optically patterned soft oxometalate–porous organic framework (SOM–POF) hybrid on a chip

Abstract

We have designed a supramolecularly bound multi-component catalytic material based on a soft oxometalate (SOM) and a porous organic framework (POF) material, which shows high catalytic conversion efficiency.

Competitive Self-Assembly Manifests Supramolecular Darwinism in Soft-Oxometalates

“…It has been shown by us and others that each of the components of the above host-guest species [PMo 12 @Mo 72 Fe 30 ] i.e., PMo 12 and Mo 72 Fe 30 independently shows superstructured soft-oxometalate (SOM) formation by spontaneous assembly in colloidal lengthscales. 1,2,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] We have previously shown that a dilute sonicated dispersion of PMo 12 leads to the formation of peapod 37 like SOM structures. Initially, the peapods have nanosphere-type morphology and with time these spheres get converted to nanorods with nanospheres embedded inside this rod.…”

Light Driven Water Oxidation Coupled With C‐N Coupling Reaction Using a Hybrid Cu‐PW12O40 Based Soft‐Oxometalate

“…POMs are generally ionic in nature with high charge and a number of hydrogen bonding sites, which provides the possibility to synthesize composites with different electro active surfaces such as graphene, graphene oxide, different LDHs ,. The immobilization of the POM moiety on the electro active surface can enhance the catalytic activity of these materials ,. POMs can also exist in a colloidal state of soft‐oxometalates (SOMs) .…”

Direct Synthesis of Controlled‐Size Nanospheres inside Nanocavities of Self‐Organized Photopolymerizing Soft Oxometalates [PW12O40]n (n=1100–7500)

“…This aggregate can be recovered and self‐organized again into a new SOM shell of a desired size and the cycle of polymerization continues. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, such a method of surfactant‐free and initiator‐free controlled polymerization is not known in the literature to date . In the next section we review the literature briefly to explain the design of our system.…”