Oxygen bonded to platinum
Spacedaily is reporting (here) that scientists have managed to bond oxygen to platinum breaking through the so-called "oxo-wall". One must ask, given the catalytic properties of platinum and the reactive propensity of oxygen, what could an oxo-platinum tipped Fine Motion Controller (or SPM) do?
Consideration of higher molecular weight elements is largely lacking in Nanosystems. Yet most elements from iron to uranium have some very interesting properties at the nanoscale level. Should these not be explored in more detail?
November 28th, 2004 at 11:25 PM
More information about metal-oxo complexes
Besides the press release from Emory University mentioned by SpaceDaily, here are few more resources to check if you're interested in this subject. You can check Craig Hill home page at Emory — he was the principal investigator behind this metallic molecule. You also can check his research group and their publications. Finally, you can read the abstract of their research work, "A Late-Transition Metal-Oxo Complex," published online by Science on November 25, 2004.