Issue 5, 2019
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Molecular Systems Design & Engineering

Effects of chain length on the size, stability, and electronic structure of redox-active organic–inorganic hybrid polyoxometalate micelles†

Sharad Amin,a   Jamie M. Cameron, ORCID logo a   Julie A. Watts, ORCID logo b   Darren A. Walsh, ORCID logo a   Victor Sans ORCID logo *ac  and  Graham N. Newton ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratory, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: Graham.Newton@nottingham.ac.uk

b Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

c Institute of Advanced Materials, Universitat Jaume I, Castello, Spain
E-mail: sans@uji.es

Abstract

Double-chain redox-active surfactants based on hybrid polyoxometalates show solvent-dependent assembly into nanoscale micellar architectures. These organic–inorganic hybrid amphiphiles, of the general formula K6[P2W17O61(POC6H4O(CnH2n+1))2], were prepared with varying aliphatic chain lengths (n = 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20) and display different multi-electron redox behaviours in their molecular and supramolecular forms. Furthermore, modification of the length of the hydrophobic tail is an effective strategy for controlling the stability and electronic properties of the supramolecular nanostructures.

Graphical abstract: Effects of chain length on the size, stability, and electronic structure of redox-active organic–inorganic hybrid polyoxometalate micelles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9ME00060G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 May 2019
Accepted
02 Jul 2019
First published
02 Jul 2019

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019,4, 995-999

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Effects of chain length on the size, stability, and electronic structure of redox-active organic–inorganic hybrid polyoxometalate micelles

S. Amin, J. M. Cameron, J. A. Watts, D. A. Walsh, V. Sans and G. N. Newton, Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2019, 4, 995 DOI: 10.1039/C9ME00060G

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