
Recently, researchers from Donghua University and the University of Glasgow achieved a significant scientific breakthrough by successfully synthesizing two novel giant molybdenum blue wheel-shaped cluster compounds—{Mo85} and {Mo172}. This accomplishment fills a long-standing gap in high-nuclearity the molybdenum oxygen cluster family, specifically the octameric structure, injecting new vitality and momentum into this field of research. Polyoxometalates (POMs), as a class of inorganic cluster compounds constructed from metal-oxygen building blocks, are widely applied in fields such as catalysis, electronic devices, and…