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 comb...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.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 9164520321433005 and 21590792)Brown University was supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (CHE-1763380)The support of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis (No. 2020B121201002) is also acknowledged。
文摘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.
