Abstract:Polyhedral boron clusters are lauded as 3D-aromatic that frequently form interconnected periodic networks in boron-rich borides with metal and non-metals having high thermodynamic stability and hardness. This leads to the question of whether the spherical delocalization of electrons in these clusters is extended across the network as in organic aromatic networks. These borides also frequently show partial oxidation, having fewer electrons than that is mandated by electron counting rules, whose impact on their … Show more
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