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An overview of selected current approaches to the characterization of aqueous inorganic clusters

Authors :
Sophia E. Hayes
William H. Casey
Milton N. Jackson
Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong
Maisha K. Kamunde-Devonish
Lindsay A. Wills
May Nyman
Darren W. Johnson
Lauren B. Fullmer
Blake A. Hammann
Source :
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), vol 44, iss 39
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

This Perspective article highlights some of the traditional and non-traditional analytical tools that are presently used to characterize aqueous inorganic nanoscale clusters and polyoxometalate ions. The techniques discussed in this article include nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), dynamic and phase analysis light scattering (DLS and PALS), Raman spectroscopy, and quantum mechanical computations (QMC). For each method we briefly describe how it functions and illustrate how these techniques are used to study cluster species in the solid state and in solution through several representative case studies. In addition to highlighting the utility of these techniques, we also discuss limitations of each approach and measures that can be applied to circumvent such limits as it pertains to aqueous inorganic cluster characterization.

Details

ISSN :
14779234
Volume :
44
Issue :
39
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2739a0966e3559aed70e14b5ea1df7a1