Structural transformations in boron clusters induced by metal doping

J Barroso, S Pan, G Merino - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last decades, experimental techniques in conjunction with theoretical analyses have
revealed the surprising structural diversity of boron clusters. Although the 2D to 3D transition …

Understanding boron through size-selected clusters: structure, chemical bonding, and fluxionality

AP Sergeeva, IA Popov, ZA Piazza, WL Li… - Accounts of chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Boron is an interesting element with unusual polymorphism. While three-
dimensional (3D) structural motifs are prevalent in bulk boron, atomic boron clusters are …

Photoelectron spectroscopy of size-selected boron clusters: from planar structures to borophenes and borospherenes

LS Wang - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) in combination with computational chemistry has been
used systematically over the past decade to elucidate the structures and chemical bonding …

The B35 Cluster with a Double-Hexagonal Vacancy: A New and More Flexible Structural Motif for Borophene

WL Li, Q Chen, WJ Tian, H Bai, YF Zhao… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Elemental boron is electron-deficient and cannot form graphene-like structures. Instead,
triangular boron lattices with hexagonal vacancies have been predicted to be stable. A …

From planar boron clusters to borophenes and metalloborophenes

WL Li, X Chen, T Jian, TT Chen, J Li… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Elemental boron and its compounds exhibit unusual structures and chemical bonding owing
to the electron deficiency of boron. Joint photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical studies …

Transition-Metal-Centered Monocyclic Boron Wheel Clusters (M©Bn): A New Class of Aromatic Borometallic Compounds

C Romanescu, TR Galeev, WL Li… - Accounts of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Atomic clusters have intermediate properties between that of individual atoms and bulk
solids, which provide fertile ground for the discovery of new molecules and novel chemical …

The induced magnetic field

R Islas, T Heine, G Merino - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2012 - ACS Publications
Aromaticity is indispensable for explaining a variety of chemical behaviors, including
reactivity, structural features, relative energetic stabilities, and spectroscopic properties …

B22 and B23: All-Boron Analogues of Anthracene and Phenanthrene

AP Sergeeva, ZA Piazza, C Romanescu… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Clusters of boron atoms exhibit intriguing size-dependent structures and chemical bonding
that are different from bulk boron and may lead to new boron-based nanostructures. We …

Fluxional boron clusters: from theory to reality

S Pan, J Barroso, S Jalife, T Heine… - Accounts of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Isolated boron clusters exhibit many intriguing properties, which have only
recently been unfolding with the hand-in-hand advancement of state-of-the-art experimental …

Recent developments and future prospects of all-metal aromatic compounds

JM Mercero, AI Boldyrev, G Merino… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The usefulness of aromaticity/antiaromaticity concepts to foresee structural stability patterns
and salient features of the electronic structure of small inorganic and all-metal rings has …