A bottom-up route for the preparation of novel hierarchical nanostructured hybrid molybdenum oxide–hydrogel composites

Abstract

A bottom-up synthetic strategy allowing the controlled formation and confinement of spherical polyoxomolybdate nanoarrays during the concomitant formation of cross-linking hydrogel networks is shown. This approach based on synergistic effects provides new possibilities to access programmable supramolecular hybrid nanocomposites.