Boron nitride (BN) nanocage clusters of B 12 N 12 were synthesized, and detected by laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The B 12 N 12 clusters consisted of 4-and 6-membered BN rings satisfying the isolated tetragonal rule, which was optimized by molecular orbital calculations. The electronic structure showed a bandgap energy of 5.1 eV, which is a little smaller than that of B 36 N 36 cluster. q
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