H. Choi et al., Nanocomposite gels between [V10O28](6-) and [AlO4Al12(OH)(24)(H2O)(12)](7+) polyoxometalate clusters, CHEM MATER, 11(7), 1999, pp. 1641
Combination of anionic [V10O28](6-) and cationic [AlO4Al12(OH)(24)(H2O)(12)
](7+) polyoxometalate clusters in an aqueous solution resulted in immediate
hydrogel precipitation formation. This gel has the clusters in a 1:1 ratio
arranged alternatively to form a short-range ordering. The precipitate, up
on drying at room temperature, converts into a monolithic gel probably thro
ugh the condensation of the [AlO4Al12(OH)(24)(H2O)(12)](7+) clusters as evi
denced by the change of Al-27 solid-state MAS NMR data.