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Functional Molecular Oxides

While the physical properties associated with metal oxide materials (such as conductivity, magnetoresistance and ferroelectricity) are dictated by materials’ band structures, the electronic states of molecular species must be controlled through ligand mediated orbital interactions between metal ions and through the oxidation states of the individual ions. Thus, the synthesis of metal oxide clusters displaying controllable redox states, the manipulation of which can perturb their physical properties, is a major goal in inorganic chemistry.

In the Oshio group, we are developing new oxo-bridged transition metal clusters with switchable electronic states, and systems that exploit the flexible electronic states of transition metal-tethered Mo and W-based polyoxometalates, to generate functional molecular oxides.



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