2D boron sheets: structure, growth, and electronic and thermal transport properties

D Li, J Gao, P Cheng, J He, Y Yin, Y Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The structures of boron clusters, such as flat clusters and fullerenes, resemble those of
carbon. Various two‐dimensional (2D) borophenes have been proposed since the …

β-Rhombohedral Boron: At the Crossroads of the Chemistry of Boron and the Physics of Frustration

T Ogitsu, E Schwegler, G Galli - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
At the beginning of the 21st century, the properties of most of the elements at least the
ones with stable forms that can be isolated at ambient conditions are well understood. The …

Observation of an all-boron fullerene

HJ Zhai, YF Zhao, WL Li, Q Chen, H Bai, HS Hu… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
After the discovery of fullerene-C60, it took almost two decades for the possibility of boron-
based fullerene structures to be considered. So far, there has been no experimental …

Photoelectron spectroscopy of size-selected boron clusters: from planar structures to borophenes and borospherenes

LS Wang - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) in combination with computational chemistry has been
used systematically over the past decade to elucidate the structures and chemical bonding …

First theoretical framework of superalkali metals [M3X (M= Li, Na, k; X= O, S, F, N)] doped all-boron B38 nanocluster: A promising class of nonlinear optical materials …

MU Khan, MRSA Janjua, J Yaqoob, R Hussain… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Develo** highly efficient nonlinear optical (NLO) materials is an area of frontier research.
For the first time, all-boron fullerene analogue B38 nanocluster is utilized for creating highly …

First-principles study of boron sheets and nanotubes

H Tang, S Ismail-Beigi - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2010 - APS
Based on first-principles calculations, we present various properties of single-and double-
layered boron sheets, along with single-and double-walled boron nanotubes. Single …

Self-do** in boron sheets from first principles: A route to structural design of metal boride nanostructures

H Tang, S Ismail-Beigi - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2009 - APS
Based on first-principles methods, we present a self-do** picture in atomically thin boron
sheets: this shows that for two-dimensional boron nanostructures, adding or removing boron …

New Ti-decorated B40 fullerene as a promising hydrogen storage material

H Dong, T Hou, ST Lee, Y Li - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The newly found B40 is the first experimentally observed all-boron fullerene and has
potential applications in hydrogen storage. Here we investigate the binding ability and …

The Unusually Stable B100 Fullerene, Structural Transitions in Boron Nanostructures, and a Comparative Study of α- and γ-Boron and Sheets

C Ozdogan, S Mukhopadhyay, W Hayami… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Solid α-B12 rhombohedral and γ-B28 orthorhombic boron as well as boron nanostructures
in the form of spheres, sheets, and multirings beside a ring consisting of icosahedral B12 …

B80 and Other Medium-Sized Boron Clusters: Core−Shell Structures, Not Hollow Cages

J Zhao, L Wang, F Li, Z Chen - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Unbiased search on the potential energy surface of medium-sized boron clusters, with B80,
B74, and B68 as representatives, was carried out using simulated annealing incorporated …