Cluster‐Based Self‐Assembly Route toward MoO₃ Single‐Walled Nanotubes

MoO(3) has a unique rigid double-layer structure, which makes it a real challenge to prepare nanotubular structures. The controlled synthesis of MoO(3) single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) is achieved through a cluster-based self-assembly route on the dodecanethiol/water interface. Various factors are studied at length, including precursor type, reaction time, temperature, pH value, and their influence on the morphology of products. The concept of "self-assembly-from simple clusters to nanostructures" is proposed here based on preliminary results from the synthesis of MoO(3) SWNTs, which provides a new aspect for traditional synthetic chemistry of nanomaterials and polyoxometalates.