Advances in Polyoxometalates

Dear Colleagues,

Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a class of of anionic metal-oxygen clusters that have fascinated researchers for decades and continue to represent a thriving research domain because of their unmatched collection of diverse topologies (from small dimetalates to clusters comparable to small proteins) and properties (rich solution equilibria, physicochemical robustness, fast and reversible proton-coupled redox behavior). These properties can be fine-tuned at the atomic level through systematic compositional modifications or by generating vacant metallic sites in the cluster skeleton, which allows POMs to be used as fully inorganic polydentate ligands toward a range of electrophiles bearing additional functionalities (transition-metal cations, rare earths, organoderivatives). The combination of all these features confers intrinsic multifunctional nature on POMs and manifold application prospects in a range of disciplines from catalysis, magnetism and optoelectronics to biomedicine, energy storage and environmental remediation.

Molecules is pleased to announce a Special Issue focused on the latest developments in polyoxometalates, including polyoxometalate-based advanced materials with supports such as polymers, oxides, metal-organic frameworks, or carbons. This Special Issue aims at covering different aspects, from fundamentals (synthetic methods, reactivity, spectroscopic or spectrometric studies, structures, mechanistic insights) to potential applications (redox and acid-base catalysis, photo- and electrochemistry, magnetism, electronics, optics, bio-medicine, energy conversion and storage, sorption and separation, environmental remediation). It is a pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue in the form of a research article, communication, or review on any of these topics.

Dr. Santiago Reinoso
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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• Polyoxometalates
• Synthesis, solution behavior and reactivity
• Crystallochemistry
• Computational modeling
• Redox and acid-base catalysis
• Photo- and electrochemistry
• Magnetism
• Optics
• Energy
• Environment
• Biomedicine