polyoxometalate
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Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a group of inorganic, anionic molecular metal oxides.
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18 sectionsContents
- Formation
- History
- Structure and bonding
- Polymolybdates and tungstates
- Polyoxotechnetates and rhenates
- Polyoxotantalates, niobates, and vanadates
- Heteroatoms
- Giant structures
- Oxoalkoxometalates
- Sulfido, imido, and other ''O''-replaced oxometalates
- Other
- Uses
- Research
- Molecular electronics
- Drugs
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a group of inorganic, anionic molecular metal oxides.
==Formation== The oxides of d0 metals such as , , dissolve at high pH to give orthometalates, , , . For and . The nature of the dissolved species at high pH is less defined, but these oxides also form polyoxometalates.
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