This review provides a thorough overview of composites with molecular catalysts (polyoxometalates, or organometallic coordination complexes) immobilised into MOFs via non-covalent interactions.

Purpose Paediatric onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) is known to result in a slower accumulation of physical disability over time despite the higher relapse rate than adult-onset MS [1]. However, the mechanisms associated with POMS remain unclear. In this study we aim to investigate microstructural differences between paediatric MS patients and healthy control children using tract-space spatial s...

The selective conversion of alcohols to carbonyl compounds is essential for the preparation of fragrances, food additives, and many organic intermediates. This transformation is carried out by catalytic processes that are of fundamental importance in synthetic chemistry. Catalytic oxidation has long been carried out in environmentally harmful organic solvents (often chlorinated ones) at high te...

A family of polyoxometalates with the composition [H2V3M17O62](6-) features a Dawson-like architecture containing two tetrahedral {VVO4} templates rather than main group hetero-anions ({PO4} or {SO4} etc.) typically associated with classical heteropolyacids, situated within a mixed-metal {MVI17VIVO54} cage and these clusters were first discovered using mass spectrometry.

We present the design and development of hybrid organic – inorganic materials with improved electrochemical performance to be used in energy storage applications (e.g. supercapacitors). The systematic study carried out shows various carbon–based materials (e.g. activated carbons, graphene based materials) working as active substrates where the anchoring of inorganic species takes place (i.e. po...

The combination of naphthalene diimide tectons with zinc cations in the presence of polyanions, Mo6O19(2-), leads to a hybrid crystal composed of two-dimensional porous coordination networks and polyoxometalates, which can generate two kinds of long-lived charge-separated states for the reduction reactions upon irradiation.

Three organoboron functionalized polyoxometalates have been synthesized using Schiff base chemistry including a boronic acid, its methyl ester and its trimethylene glycol ester. The compounds have been characterized in the solid state by single crystal diffraction (XRD), FT-IR and elemental analysis and in solution using 1H NMR spectroscopy.

Thin films of polyoxometalates that are sensitized with a Ru(II) metallopolymer generate significant photocurrents in the presence of benzyl alcohol and visible light. Significantly, the photocurrent generated by the tungstate based adduct, α-[P(2)W(18)O(62)](6-), is approximately seven fold larger than that found for the Dawson polyoxomolybdate α-[S(2)Mo(18)O(62)](4-).

A crown-shaped organic-inorganic hybrid polyoxomolybdate, Na5[H7{N(CH2PO3)3}Mo6O16(OH) (H2O)4]4·18H2O (1) has been presented and characterized. Such an intriguing structure consists of a 24-molybdenum-membered polyanion constructed by organotriphosphonate ligands, which represents the highest nuclearity of metal atoms in the area of organophosphonate-based polyoxometalates.