Polyhedral boron cage compounds: An account

Main Group Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-265

  Hosmane, Narayan S ^a   Maguire, John A ^b   Yinghuai, Zhu ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boranes; Carboranes; Lanthanides; Main Group Metals; Metallacarboranes; Nanoparticles; Open Cyclopentadienides; Polyhedral cages; Structures; Syntheses

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849086640     PISSN: 10241221     EISSN: 17451167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10241220701607501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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