Observation of microporous cesium salts of 12-tungstosilicic acid using scanning transmission electron microscopy

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jun 21;51(49):9975-8. doi: 10.1039/c5cc01842k.

Abstract

Heteropolyanions and their arrays in microporous cesium salts of 12-tungstosilicic acid, Cs2.5H1.5[SiW12O40] and Cs4.0[SiW12O40], were observed by aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. Microstructures that form micropores in the polyoxometalates were visualized.