In this study interaction of phenothiazine sulfur dye with (5, 5) armchair open-end boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) in interaction (with a length of 7 Å) was investigated. The impacts of the estereoelectronic effect associated with donor-acceptor electron delocalizations, dipole-dipole interactions and total steric exchange energies on the structural and electronic properties and reactivity of ...

Experiments revealed that small boron cluster anions and cations are (quasi-)planar. For neutral boron cluster, (quasi-)planar motifs are also suggested to be global minimum by many theoretical studies, and a structural transformation from quasi-planar to double-ring tubular structures occurs at B(20). However, a missing opportunity is found for neutral B(14), which is a flat cage and more stab...

This article provides a concise review of the recent research advancements in boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) with a comprehensive list of references. As the motivation of the field, we first summarize some of the attractive properties and potential applications of BNNTs. Then, latest discoveries on the properties, applications, and synthesis of BNNTs are discussed. In particular, we focus on l...

The newly found B40 is the first experimentally observed all-boron fullerene and has potential applications in hydrogen storage. Here we investigate the binding ability and hydrogen storage capacity of Ti-decorated B40 fullerene based on DFT calculations. Our results indicate that Ti shows excellent binding capability to B40 compared with other transition metals. The B40 fullerene coated by 6 T...

In this work we study relative stability, structural and electronic properties of pure BN and with substitutions of carbon by boron and nitrogen atoms, e.i. for B0.9375C0.0625N and BC0.0625N0.9375, respectively. Using first-principles calculations in the Density Functional Theory (DFT), we found that it is more energetically favourable that the carbon atoms occupy the positions of the boron ato...

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The boron (Z = 5) element is unique. Boron-based (nano-)materials are equally unique. Accordingly, the present special issue is dedicated to crystalline boron-based (nano-)materials and gathers a series of nine review and research articles dealing with different boron-based compounds. Boranes, borohydrides, polyhedral boranes and carboranes, boronate anions/ligands, boron nitride (hexagonal str...

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