An X-ray and Neutron Scattering Study of the Formation of Core-Shell Type Polyoxometalates
Journal Article
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· Journal of the American Chemical Society
A typical type of core-shell polyoxometalates can be obtained through the Keggin-type polyoxometalatetemplated growth of a layer of spherical shell structure of {Mo72Fe30}. Small angle X-ray scattering is used to study the structural features and stability of the core-shell structures in aqueous solutions. Timeresolved small angle X-ray scattering is applied to monitor the synthetic reactions and a three-stage formation mechanism is proposed to describe the synthesis of the core-shell polyoxometalates based on the monitoring results. New protocols have been developed by fitting the X-ray data with customed physical models, which provide more convincing, objective, and completed data interpretation. Quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering are used to probe the dynamics of water molecules in the core-shell structures and two different types of water molecules, the confined and structured water, are observed. These water molecules play an important role in bridging core and shell structures and stabilizing the cluster structures.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory - Advanced Photon Source; USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences - Scientific User Facilities Division
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1245207
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 138; ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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