title: Hybrid uranyl-vanadium nano-wheels.
abstract: Hybrid uranyl-vanadium oxide clusters intermediate between transition metal polyoxometalates and uranyl peroxide cage clusters were obtained by dissolving uranyl nitrate in the ionic liquid 3-ethyl-1-methylimidazolium ethyl sulfate mixed with an aqueous solution containing vanadium. Where sulfate was present, wheel-shaped {U20V20} crystallized and contains ten sulfate tetrahedra, and in the absence of added sulfate, {U2V16}, a derivative of {V18}, was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA. pburns@nd.edu.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Senchyk
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Wylie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prizio
authors.forename: J E S
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Szymanowski
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Sigmon
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Burns