Fluxional boron clusters: from theory to reality
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 …
recently been unfolding with the hand-in-hand advancement of state-of-the-art experimental …
Probing the nature of the transition-metal-boron bonds and novel aromaticity in small metal-doped boron clusters using photoelectron spectroscopy
Photoelectron spectroscopy combined with quantum chemistry has been a powerful
approach to elucidate the structures and bonding of size-selected boron clusters (B n−) …
approach to elucidate the structures and bonding of size-selected boron clusters (B n−) …
Structure and chemical bonding in medium-size boron clusters doped with praseodymium
B Chen, GL Gutsev, D Li, K Ding - Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
After reports of unusually low oxidation states of lanthanide elements in Ln–B clusters and
their inverse sandwich geometrical topologies, the interest shifted from boride clusters …
their inverse sandwich geometrical topologies, the interest shifted from boride clusters …
Geometric and electronic diversity of metal doped boron clusters
B Chen, K He, W Dai, GL Gutsev… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Being intermediate between small compounds and bulk materials, nanoparticles possess
unique properties different from those of atoms, molecules, and bulk matter. In the past two …
unique properties different from those of atoms, molecules, and bulk matter. In the past two …
Spherical trihedral metallo-borospherenes
The discovery of borospherenes unveiled the capacity of boron to form fullerene-like cage
structures. While fullerenes are known to entrap metal atoms to form endohedral …
structures. While fullerenes are known to entrap metal atoms to form endohedral …
The smallest 4f-metalla-aromatic molecule of cyclo-PrB 2− with Pr–B multiple bonds
The concept of metalla-aromaticity proposed by Thorn–Hoffmann (Nouv. J. Chim. 1979, 3,
39) has been expanded to organometallic molecules of transition metals that have more …
39) has been expanded to organometallic molecules of transition metals that have more …
Probing the structure and electronic properties of beryllium doped boron clusters: A planar BeB16− cluster motif for metallo-borophene
D Kang, W Sun, H Shi, C Lu, X Kuang, B Chen, X Xia… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Beryllium-doped boron clusters display essential similarities to borophene (boron sheet)
with a molecular structure characterized by remarkable properties, such as anisotropy …
with a molecular structure characterized by remarkable properties, such as anisotropy …
From inverse sandwich Ta 2 B 7+ and Ta 2 B 8 to spherical trihedral Ta 3 B 12−: prediction of the smallest metallo-borospherene
Y Zhang, XY Zhao, M Yan, SD Li - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition-metal-doped boron nanoclusters exhibit interesting structures and bonding.
Inspired by the experimentally discovered inverse sandwich D6h Ta2B6 and spherical …
Inspired by the experimentally discovered inverse sandwich D6h Ta2B6 and spherical …
Perfect Spherical Tetrahedral Metallo-Borospherene Ta4B18 as a Superatom Following the 18-Electron Rule
Y Zhang, XQ Lu, M Yan, SD Li - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cage-like metallo-borospherenes exhibit unique structures and bonding. Inspired by the
newly reported smallest spherical trihedral metallo-borospherene D 3h Ta3B12–(1), which …
newly reported smallest spherical trihedral metallo-borospherene D 3h Ta3B12–(1), which …
Expanded Inverse-Sandwich Complexes of Lanthanum Borides: La2B10– and La2B11–
Inverse-sandwich structures have been observed recently for dilanthanide boride clusters, in
which two Ln atoms sandwich a monocyclic B x ring for x= 7–9. An interesting question is if …
which two Ln atoms sandwich a monocyclic B x ring for x= 7–9. An interesting question is if …