Citation: Wan-Lu LI, Teng-Teng CHEN, Zhi-Yu JIAING, Lai-Sheng WANG, Jun LI. Recent Progresses in the Investigation of Rare-earth Boron Inverse Sandwich Clusters[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2020, 39(6): 1009-1018. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2011-2891 shu

Recent Progresses in the Investigation of Rare-earth Boron Inverse Sandwich Clusters

  • Corresponding author: Lai-Sheng WANG, lai-sheng_wang@brown.edu Jun LI, junli@tsinghua.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 28 May 2020
    Accepted Date: 1 June 2020

    Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 91645203the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21433005the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21590792the experimental work done at Brown University was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation CHE-1763380The support of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis 2020B121201002

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  • While rare-earth borides represent a class of important materials in modern industries, there are few fundamental researches on their electronic structures and physicochemical properties. Recently, we have performed combined experimental and theoretical studies on rare-earth boron clusters and their cluster-assembled complexes, revealing a series of rare-earth inverse sandwich clusters with fascinating electronic structures and chemical bonding patterns. In this overview article, we summarize recent progresses in this area and provide a perspective view on the future development of rare-earth boride clusters. Understanding the electronic structures of these clusters helps to design materials of f-element (lanthanide and actinide) borides with critical physiochemical properties.
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