Borophene and borospherene

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DeltaV
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Borophene and borospherene

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http://phys.org/news/2014-01-graphene-l ... tml#inlRlv
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The boron-boron bond is very strong, nearly as strong as the carbon-carbon bond. So borophene should be very strong. Its electrical properties may be even more interesting. Borophene is predicted to be fully metallic, whereas graphene is a semi-metal. That means borophene might end up being a better conductor than graphene.
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-boron-buck ... tml#ajTabs
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As for possible uses for borospherene, it's a little too early to tell, Wang says. One possibility, he points out, could be hydrogen storage. Because of the electron deficiency of boron, borospherene would likely bond well with hydrogen. So tiny boron cages could serve as safe houses for hydrogen molecules.

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Re: Borophene and borospherene

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Some possible, though unlikely, uses:
- Consumable magrid ribbon coils for a p-11B reactor. Continual ribbon replenishment.
- "Molecular" Polywell that collides H-filled 11B "cages" instead of individual ions.

Interesting how the Boron buckyball sort of resembles a hexahedral magrid...

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Re: Borophene and borospherene

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If boron can do the same 4 bond structure as carbon, you could make boron nanotubes, right?
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Re: Borophene and borospherene

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Seems like boron nitride is needed for those:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron_nitr ... on_nitride

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