Boron's unique position in the Periodic Table, that is, at the apex of the line separating
metals and nonmetals, makes it highly versatile in chemical reactions and applications …

New developments in the field of Lewis acidity are highlighted, with the focus of novel Lewis
acids and Lewis superacids of group 2, 13, 14, and 15 elements. Several important basics …

The complete ligation of nanoclusters significantly reduces their chemical reactivity, catalytic
activity, and charge transfer properties. Therefore, in applications, nanoclusters are activated …

Mass spectrometry frequently reveals the existence of transient gas phase ions that have not
been synthesized in solution or in bulk. These elusive ions are, therefore, often considered …

Dodecaborate anions ([B12H12] 2–) and their derivatives where hydrogen atoms are
replaced by halogen, pseudohalogen, or superhalogen moieties belong to a class of very …

While reactions between ions and neutral molecules in the gas phase have been studied
extensively, reactions between molecular ions of same polarity remain relatively unexplored …

Carbene and its analogous silylene and germylene ligated trinuclear gold complexes are
well established due to their cationic stability, but the anionic stability of such complexes is …

Superatoms, due to their various applications in redox and materials chemistry, have been a
major topic of study in cluster science. Superhalogens constitute a special class of …

Due to unfilled d-shells, transition metal atoms exhibit multiple oxidation states and rich
chemistry. While zinc is often classified as a transition metal, electrons in its filled 3d10 shell …

The traditional approach for materials discovery has been the domain of experimentalists,
where elemental composition and synthesis conditions are often based on a trial-and-error …