A New Type of Supramolecular Compound: Molybdenum-Oxide-Based Composites Consisting of Magnetic Nanocapsules with Encapsulated Keggin-Ion Electron Reservoirs Cross-Linked to a Two-Dimensional Network

Abstract

Nanosized metal-oxide-based composites—novel supramolecular entities—have been assembled and even cross-linked under one-pot conditions. The supramolecular entity (see picture) consists of a paramagnetic icosahedral capsule of the type {MoFe} as a host which encloses a potential electron-reservoir noncovalently bonded guest, the reduced Keggin cluster [H2PMo12O40]3−.