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

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 …

Conspectus Boron is an interesting element with unusual polymorphism. While three-
dimensional (3D) structural motifs are prevalent in bulk boron, atomic boron clusters are …

A method of description of the chemical bonding combining the compactness and intuitive
simplicity of Lewis theory with the flexibility and generality of canonical molecular orbital …

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 …

Recent years have seen rapid advances in the chemistry of small molecules containing
electron‐precise boron–boron bonds. This Review provides an overview of the latest …

The idea of planar tetracoordinate carbon (ptC) was considered implausible for a hundred
years after 1874. Examples of ptC were then predicted computationally and realized …

Atomic clusters often show unique, size-dependent properties and have become a fertile
ground for the discovery of novel molecular structures and chemical bonding. Here we …