Cluster-Based Self-Assembly Route toward MoO3Single-Walled Nanotubes

Abstract 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.