title: A nanosized {Ag@Ag12} "molecular windmill" templated by polyoxometalates anions.
abstract: Reaction of multidentate 5-(4-imidazol-1-yl-phenyl)-2H-tetrazole (L) ligand with Ag(I) ions in the existence of H3PW12O40 as anionic template under hydrothermal conditions results in tridecanuclear silver cluster-polyoxometalates hybrid: {Ag13L12}{PW12O40}4·30H2O (1). X-ray single crystal diffraction analysis indicates that the main structural feature of 1 is a nanosized molecular windmill-shaped polynuclear Ag cluster with intriguing {M@M12}-type cuboctahedral topology. The as-synthesized compound exhibits effective photocatalytic activity in the photodegradation of Rhodamine-B (RhB) and antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, respectively.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization and ‡State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Weiting
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xingang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Zhong-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Sun