DFT calculations and experimental data prove that the [Na{(MoV2O4)3(μ2-O)3(μ2-SO3)3(μ6-SO3)}2]15− POM is capable of completely reducing Au(iii) to Au(0).
On the formation of gold nanoparticles from [AuIIICl4]− and a non-classical reduced polyoxomolybdate as an electron source: a quantum mechanical modelling and experimental study