… boron clusters evolve is of immense interest. Here we report the observation of a bilayer B
48 − cluster … The photoelectron spectra of B 48 − exhibit two well-resolved features at low …

… the bilayer C 1 B 50 (I), C 2h B 52 (II), C 1 B 56 (IV), and C 2v B 58 (… gap in the bilayer B 2 n
series between B 48 –B 72 . These … B 50 , the much concerned even-numbered boron cluster …

… shell boron cluster (B 4 @B 42 ) reported to date and D 2h B 48 , C 2 … bilayer boron cluster
series from the previously reported D 2h B 48 , C 2 B 54 , C 2h B 60 , and C 1 B 62 11 to C 2 B …

… 2 (a) Top view and (b) side view of the bilayer B 48 cluster, (c) top view and (d) side view
of the bilayer boron sheet constructed following the B 48 motif. The out-of-plane atoms are …

… predicted the first bilayer neutral boron cluster D 2h B 48 at density … of bilayer boron clusters
including C 2 B 54 (I), C 2h B 60 (II), and C 1 B 62 (III) which possess one, two, and three B 6 …

… bilayer B 48 −/0 and theoretically predicted bilayer B 50 –B 72 … bilayer boron nanoclusters
C 1 B 84 (I), C 2v B 86 (II), C 1 B 88 (… to a series of novel BL boron clusters by our group at the …

… on B 63 clusters. By comparing with the reported bilayer structures of B 48–72 , we identified
that B … bilayer boron clusters and bilayer borophene, suggesting a bottom-up evolution from …

… observed in B 48 , 6,26 which has been seen as a precursor of the 2D bilayer boron allotrope.
… -known B 48 bilayer, while C 2 B 54 -I is obtained by adding six atoms on the waist of the …

… Such a structure has been corroborated with some experimental results in the case of B 48
… behavior of boron clusters could be similar to that of the isovalent aluminum clusters at larger …

… for the B 40 cage sheathed by a CNT. Our benchmark calculations of a bilayer BN sheet …
suggests a new way to modulate the electronic and optical properties of the boron clusters. …