Experimental and theoretical evidence of an axially chiral borospherene

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 754-760

  Chen, Qiang ^a   Li, Wei Li ^b   Zhao, Ya Fan ^c   Zhang, Su Yan ^a   Hu, Han Shi ^c   Bai, Hui ^a   Li, Hai Ru ^a   Tian, Wen Juan ^a   Lu, Hai Gang ^a   Zhai, Hua Jin ^a   Li, Si Dian ^a   Li, Jun ^c   Wang, Lai Sheng ^b  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

all boron fullerene; axial chirality; borospherene; global minimum searches; photoelectron spectroscopy; and double delocalization

Indexed keywords

BORON; CHIRALITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AXIAL CHIRALITY; BOROSPHERENE; DELOCALIZATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; GLOBAL MINIMA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BORON; NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BORON; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84921740037     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506262c     Document Type: Article

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