Hydrocarbon analogues of boron clusters planarity, aromaticity and antiaromaticity

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 827-833

  Zhai, Hua Jin ^a,b   Kiran, Boggavarapu ^a,b   Li, Jun ^b   Wang, Lai Sheng ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBONS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ICOSAHEDRAL CLUSTERS; PLANAR STRUCTURES;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0344875968     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1012     Document Type: Article

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