Over the last decade, polyoxometalate (POM) chemistry has grown immensely with such unexpected discoveries as the colossal, yet discrete and soluble polymolybdate and polytungstate clusters containing hundreds of metal atoms, expansion of alkaline POM chemistry, ionic-liquids featuring POMs, POMs as discrete building blocks for complex frameworks, POMs as supporting ligands for single-molecule magnets and chiral POMs for selective catalysis. POMs have also served to isolate the first late transition metal-oxo species, and POM-like clusters structured from actinyl ions have now been realized. In essence, POM chemistry, quite rich in itself, has diverted into new territories beyond the GroupV/GroupVI metals. Potential and realized applications for POMs are abundant due their many exploitable properties including redox chemistry, metal binding and sequestration, acidity, and high negative charge. Applications include but are certainly not limited to catalysis, colorimetric detection, electrostatic association, anti-viral, models for oxide-water interface reactivity, ion exchange/sequestration, gas separations, and surface functionalization.
This symposium will bring together researchers involved in both classic and frontier areas POM chemistry. In the interest of stimulating and thought-provoking sessions, we encourage submissions from all areas of polyoxometalate chemistry, both fundamental and applied. Presentations will feature (but not limited to) solution-phase and solid-state studies, photophysical, crystallographic, electrochemical, magnetic, catalytic, synthetic, surface science, and spectroscopic studies of POMs and related materials.
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