The Ouzo Effect to Selectively Assemble Molybdenum Clusters into Nanomarbles or Nanocapsules with Increased HER Activity

[??Chem. Commun. 2018 , 54 , 13387](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cc/c8cc07402j#!divAbstract) Metal cluster nanoparticles are obtained by simple solvent shifting called the Ouzo effect. Remarkably, the assembly of [Mo6Br8 L6]2- (L = Br- or NCS-) cluster units can be directed into nanomarbles or nanocapsules depending on the cluster chemistry. When deposited on electrodes, these nanoparticles show good activities in electro- chemical water splitting under mild conditions.

??Chem. Commun. 2018 , 54 , 13387

Metal cluster nanoparticles are obtained by simple solvent shifting called the Ouzo effect. Remarkably, the assembly of [Mo6Br8 L6]2- (L = Br- or NCS-) cluster units can be directed into nanomarbles or nanocapsules depending on the cluster chemistry. When deposited on electrodes, these nanoparticles show good activities in electro- chemical water splitting under mild conditions.