title: Supramolecular architectures assembled from amphiphilic hybrid polyoxometalates.
abstract: Polyoxometalate (POM)-based inorganic-organic molecular hybrid clusters have been recently recognized as good candidates to design novel multi-functional materials. Tremendous efforts have been invested in synthesizing many interesting hybrid structures with exceptional chemical and physical properties. Grafting organic ligands to the POM clusters render these functional clusters amphiphilic properties. Here we summarize the current progresses and provide some perspectives, from colloidal chemists' point of view, on the self-assembly of the amphiphilic POM-organic hybrids in solution and at interfaces, as well as the related consequent novel features such as enhanced fluorescent properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Panchao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Tianbo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu