Oxidative Activation of Small Aluminum Nanoclusters with Boron Atom Substitution prior to Completing the Endohedral B@Al₁₂^- Superatom.

ABSTRACT: Elemental substitution and doping validate the optimization of chemical and physical properties of functional materials, and the composition ratio of the substituting atoms generally determines their properties by changing their geometric and electronic structures. For atomically precise nanoclusters (NCs) consisting of countable atom aggregates, the composition can be controlled accurately to provide an ideal model to study the heteroatom substitution effects. Since aluminum (Al) and boron (B) both belong to group 13 in the periodic table, the effect of B atom substitution on Al_n NCs can be investigated while maintaining the total number of valence electrons in Al_nB_m NCs. In this study, oxidative reactivities of small Al NCs with B ato

SUBMITTER: Inoue T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603816 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature