Zhang Xian-Hua, Xie Su-Yuan, Jiang Zhi-Yuan, Zhou Li-Chuan, Xie Zhao-Xiong, Huang Rong-Bin, Zheng Lan-Sun
State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Sep 21(18):2032-3. doi: 10.1039/b205089g.
In a nonionic inverse microemulsion system, surfactant (C12-18EO9)/cyclohexane/water, heteropolyanions [PMo12O40]3- react with K+ to form K3[PMo12O40].nH2O nanorods and assemble as three-dimensional starlike nanostructures.