Photoelectron spectroscopy combined with quantum chemistry has been a powerful
approach to elucidate the structures and bonding of size-selected boron clusters (B n−) …

Being intermediate between small compounds and bulk materials, nanoparticles possess
unique properties different from those of atoms, molecules, and bulk matter. In the past two …

After reports of unusually low oxidation states of lanthanide elements in Ln–B clusters and
their inverse sandwich geometrical topologies, the interest shifted from boride clusters …

Lanthanide (Ln) elements are generally found in the oxidation state+ II or+ III, and a few
examples of+ IV and+ V compounds have also been reported. In contrast, monovalent Ln (+ …

We report an investigation on the structures and chemical bonding in a series of di-
lanthanum boron clusters, La2B n–(n= 4–6), using photoelectron spectroscopy and …

A new class of beryllium‐boron clusters, beryllo‐borospherene, is described herein
theoretically. When beryllium is gradually added to the B12 motif, it undergoes drastic …

Because of its low toxicity, bismuth is considered to be a “green metal” and has received
increasing attention in chemistry and materials science. To understand the chemical …

The concept of metalla-aromaticity proposed by Thorn–Hoffmann (Nouv. J. Chim. 1979, 3,
39) has been expanded to organometallic molecules of transition metals that have more …

A theoretical study of geometrical structures, electronic properties, and spectral properties of
single-atom transition metal-doped boron clusters MB24−(M= Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and …

Atomic clusters lie somewhere in between isolated atoms and extended solids with distinctly
different reactivity patterns. They are known to be useful as catalysts facilitating several …