Competition between quasi-planar and cage-like structures in the B29−cluster: photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations

• Published in: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Vol. 18; no. 42; pp. 29147 - 29155
• Main Authors: Li, Hai-Ru, Jian, Tian, Li, Wei-Li, Miao, Chang-Qing, Wang, Ying-Jin, Chen, Qiang, Luo, Xue-Mei, Wang, Kang, Zhai, Hua-Jin, Li, Si-Dian, Wang, Lai-Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2016
• Subjects: Bonding; Cages; Clusters; Competition; Displays; Isomers; Mathematical analysis; Photoelectron spectroscopy

Size-selected boron clusters have been found to be predominantly planar or quasi-planar (2D) in the small size regime with the appearance of three-dimensional (3D) borospherene cages of larger sizes. A seashell-like B28- cluster was previously shown to be the smallest borospherene, which competes wi...