The boron-boron bonds in the “borospherene” are also exotic. Delocalized π- and σ-bonds hold the boron fullerene together, with electrons shared among three, five, six, or seven atoms.

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Full-metal fullerene finally fashioned A cage made of gold and antimony surrounds a potassium ion in the all-metal cluster by Bethany Halford November 16, 2023 2 min read Share ...

Discovery of Fullerenes In 1984, Kroto met Robert Curl, an old friend, at a conference in Austin, Texas. Curl told Kroto about his collaboration with Smalley in studying atom clusters in Smalley’s ...

Non-fullerene acceptors (NFAs) are currently a major focus of research in the development of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells (OSCs). In contrast to the widely used fullerene acceptors (FAs ...