Rational design and self-assembly of polyoxometalate-peptide hybrid materials

The synergistic combination between biomolecules and polyoxometalates (POMs) has recently been considered as an effective approach to construct nano-biomaterials with diverse structures and morphologies toward biological applications. Different synthetic routes for the preparation and characterization of covalent POM-peptide hybrids are discussed within the first part of this chapter, together with a comprehensive description of some of their unique properties such as stereochemistry and self-assembly ability. The second part is devoted to ionic compounds that have been used as catalysts and adhesive materials and have shown interesting biomedical and antimicrobial applications.N