Probing the structures and bonding of size-selected boron and doped-boron clusters

• Published in: Chemical Society Reviews Vol. 48; no. 13; pp. 3550 - 3591
• Main Authors: Jian, Tian, Chen, Xuenian, Li, Si-Dian, Boldyrev, Alexander I, Li, Jun, Wang, Lai-Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 01.07.2019; Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: anions; Boron; Boron compounds; Borophene; chemical bonding; Chemical bonds; Chemical compounds; Clusters; Fullerenes; Gold; Nanomaterials; Organic chemistry; Photoelectrons; Sandwich structures; Transition metals; Viability; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Because of their interesting structures and bonding and potentials as motifs for new nanomaterials, size-selected boron clusters have received tremendous interest in recent years. In particular, boron cluster anions (B n − ) have allowed systematic joint photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical st...