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Chemistry World
June 14, 2012
David Bradley |
Tripling up on boron bonds Carbon and nitrogen are well known for their triple bonds, but making stable compounds with a triple bond between two boron atoms hadn't been achieved despite the computational possibilities. Until now.   |
Chemistry World
October 5, 2006
Mark Peplow |
Boron Shows Its Negative Side A molecule that hosts a negatively-charged boron atom could prove to be an exciting addition to the chemist's toolbox, according to researchers who have isolated the anion as its lithium salt. |
Chemistry World
January 28, 2009
Manisha Lalloo |
Ultra-pure boron structure discovered Scientists have characterised a new form of elemental boron - a notoriously hard element to synthesise in a pure form - and found that ionic bonding helps hold the structure together. |
Chemistry World
February 6, 2012
David Bradley |
10 out of 10 for boron's coordinated effort A team in the US has created a boron compound that has the highest coordination number of any planar species, squeezing 10 spoke-like bonds from a central metal hub to 10 boron atoms equally spaced around a nanoscopic wheel. |
Chemistry World
July 27, 2015
Anisha Ratan |
Boroles get a stability boost Scientists from Germany have reported a breakthrough in borole stability, using bulky fluoromesityl groups, which could help these anti-aromatic molecules realize their potential in optoelectronic devices. |
Science News
March 16, 2002 |
TimeLine: March 12, 1932 Scientists unearth new portrait of King Tut's girl-wife... Tapping of the atom's energy achieved in new experiment... Scientists learning secret of how plants manufacture food... |
Chemistry World
July 29, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
240 boron atoms in a single molecular species The unique supramolecular cuboctahedron contains 240 boron atoms and was synthesized by Chad Mirkin and colleagues at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, via coordination-driven assembly. |
Chemistry World
July 14, 2014
Tim Wogan |
First experimental evidence of a boron fullerene The first experimental evidence for a boron fullerene has been produced by researchers in the US and China. |
Chemistry World
November 12, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Flat boron first looks promising for nano-electronics The super hard material, which was formed by two-stage chemical vapor deposition, has unusual properties for a two-dimensional material that could potentially make it very useful in nano-electronics. |
Science News
April 14, 2007 |
Timeline: From the April 10, 1937, Issue Eggs of Brook Trout Have Beauty of Pearls... New Clue to Atom's Heart From Artificial Element... |
Chemistry World
December 18, 2012
Caryl Richards |
Boron vapor trail leads to heterofullerenes A team of scientists has developed a simple way to synthesize heterofullerenes -- fullerenes with atoms other than carbon in their structure -- by exposing fullerene to boron vapor during their growth. |
Chemistry World
November 8, 2007
James Mitchell Crow |
First Mg(I) Complex Made Chemists have created the first stable magnesium(I) compounds, a breakthrough for a metal whose chemistry is ruled by the oxidation state. |
Chemistry World
June 21, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Boron is Key to Antifungal Agent Researchers have shown that the presence of a boron atom is key to an antifungal agent being developed to treat infections of fingernails and toenails. |
Chemistry World
July 7, 2014
Jennifer Newton |
Buckyball boron Systematic structure-searching calculations performed by scientists in China have put forward an all-boron analogue of fullerene: B 38. |
