title: Self-assembly of triangular polyoxometalate-organic hybrid macroions in mixed solvents.
abstract: Triangular-shaped inorganic-organic hybrids with three polyoxometalate (POM) clusters as polar head groups are found to self-assemble into blackberry structures in water-acetone solvent mixtures containing 65-95 vol% acetone. The driving force for the self-assembly of the hybrids is shown to originate from the electrostatic counterion-cluster interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA 44325. tliu@uakron.edu.
authors.forename: Baofang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chullikkattil P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Pradeep
authors.forename: Leroy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: Tianbo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu