Neighboring carbon and sandwiched between non‐metals and metals in the periodic table
of the elements, boron is one of the most chemically and physically versatile elements, and …

Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40
years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one …

Because of their interesting structures and bonding and potentials as motifs for new
nanomaterials, size-selected boron clusters have received tremendous interest in recent …

Boron is carbon's neighbour in the periodic table and has similar valence orbitals. However,
boron cannot form graphene-like structures with a honeycomb hexagonal framework …

The mechanical properties of 2D boron—borophene—are studied by first‐principles
calculations. The recently synthesized borophene with a 1/6 concentration of hollow …

Abstract Two‐dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene and boron nitride, have specific
lattice structures independent of external conditions. In contrast, the structure of 2D boron …

In the last decades, experimental techniques in conjunction with theoretical analyses have
revealed the surprising structural diversity of boron clusters. Although the 2D to 3D transition …

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) in combination with computational chemistry has been
used systematically over the past decade to elucidate the structures and chemical bonding …

Elemental boron is electron-deficient and cannot form graphene-like structures. Instead,
triangular boron lattices with hexagonal vacancies have been predicted to be stable. A …

Elemental boron and its compounds exhibit unusual structures and chemical bonding owing
to the electron deficiency of boron. Joint photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical studies …