Planar B41− and B42− clusters with double-hexagonal vacancies

• Published in: Nanoscale Vol. 11; no. 48; pp. 23286 - 23295
• Main Authors: Bai, Hui, Teng-Teng, Chen, Chen, Qiang, Xiao-Yun, Zhao, Yang-Yang, Zhang, Wei-Jia, Chen, Wan-Lu, Li, Ling Fung Cheung, Bai, Bing, Cavanagh, Joseph, Huang, Wei, Si-Dian, Li, Li, Jun, Lai-Sheng, Wang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 28.12.2019
• Subjects: Aromatic hydrocarbons; Boron; Chemical bonds; Clusters; Fullerenes; Isomers; Organic chemistry; Pattern analysis; Photoelectrons; Planar structures; Searching; Spectrum analysis; Vacancies

Since the discovery of the B40 borospherene, research interests have been directed to the structural evolution of even larger boron clusters. An interesting question concerns if the borospherene cages persist in larger boron clusters like the fullerenes. Here we report a photoelectron spectroscopy (...