A Gigantic Molecular Wheel of {Gd140}: A New Member of the Molecular Wheel Family.
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11112
Abstract: Nanoscale inorganic wheel-shaped structures are one of the most striking types of molecular aggregations. Here, we report the synthesis of a gigantic lanthanide wheel cluster containing 140 Gd3+ atoms. As the largest lanthanide cluster reported… read more here.
Keywords: member molecular; new member; molecular wheel; wheel family ... See more keywords
Chemical bonding and dynamic structural fluxionality of a boron-based Al2B8 binary cluster: the robustness of a doubly 6π/6σ aromatic [B8]2− molecular wheel
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DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07268h
Abstract: Despite the isovalency between Al and B elements, Al-doping in boron clusters can deviate substantially from an isoelectronic substitution process. We report herein on a unique sandwich di-Al-doped boron cluster, Al2B8, using global structural searches… read more here.
Keywords: molecular wheel; chemical bonding; cluster; boron ... See more keywords