Abstract:

With characteristics of chemically tunable structures and precisely controlled functionalities, polyoxometalates (POMs) figure prominently in significant prospects, most notably catalysis, magnetism, biomedicine, and newly emerged proton conduction and lithium ion battery materials. Dr. Yang’s report is focused on the design and synthesis of guest metal ion-incorporated polyoxopalladates with fundamentally novel structures and physicochemical properties, combining organoantimony(III/V) moieties with POM matrices, leading to a class of novel organoantimony-POM hybrids along with a study of their antibacterial activities, and Recent developments on Lewis-acid functionalized POMs as enhanced proton conductors as well as polyoxometalate−cyclodextrin metal−organic frameworks with tunable structures and customized functions.

Representative work:

1. Discovery and Evolution of Polyoxopalladates, P. Yang, U. Kortz, Acc. Chem. Res. 51, 1599 (2018).

2. Lewis Acid Guests in a {P₈W₄₈} Archetypal Polyoxotungstate Host: Enhanced Proton       Conductivity via Metal-Oxo Cluster within Cluster Assemblies, P. Yang, M. Alsufyani, A.-H. Emwas, C. Chen, N. M. Khashab, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 57, 13046 (2018) (Frontispiece)

3. Ag(I)-Pd(II)-Oxo Nanoclusters, {Ag₄Pd₁₃} and {Ag₅Pd₁₅}, and the Role of Metal–Metal    Bonding Induced by Cation Confinement, P. Yang, Y. Xiang, Z. Lin, Z. Lang, P. Jiménez-Lozano, J. J. Carbó, J. M. Poblet, L. Fan, C. Hu, U. Kortz, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 55, 15766 (2016).

4. Alkaline Earth Guests in Polyoxopalladate Chemistry: From Nanocube to Nanostar via an  Open-Shell Structure, P. Yang, Y. Xiang, Z. Lin, B. S. Bassil, J. Cao, L. Fan, Y. Fan, M.-X. Li, P. Jiménez-Lozano, J. J. Carbó, J. M. Poblet, U. Kortz, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 53, 11974 (2014).

5. Size and Charge Effect of Guest Cations in the Formation of Polyoxopalladates: a Theoretical and Experimental Study, Z. Lang,^§ P. Yang,^§ Z. Lin, L. Yan, M.-X. Li, J. J. Carbó, U. Kortz, J. M. Poblet, Chem. Sci. 8, 7862 (2017).