"Molecular symmetry breakers" generating metal-oxide-based nanoobject fragments as synthons for complex structures: [{Mo128Eu4O388H10 (H2O)81}2]20-, a giant-cluster dimer

Abstract

Big rings and nanocleavage: Whereas a variety of molybdenum oxide based nanoobjects can be obtained by self-assembly concomitant with a variety of modifications of a parent cluster system under alterable boundary conditions, drastic changes-comparable to a molecular-scissors-type activity-can even cause splitting of the parent cluster to (large) fragments which subsequently can be linked in fascinating ways even with the option of generating giant cluster collectives (see picture {Mo2*}≡{Mo2VI/V O7(H2 O)}3-).