Ken Wade recalls his own undistinguished part in the space race, and notes how carboranes revitalized boron hydride chemistry ... Carborane structures, once hotly disputed, can now be computed ...

EELS is a powerful tool for investigating the properties of 2D materials, such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and hexagonal boron nitride. It can reveal the local electronic structure, ...

Because boron has one less electron than is required to form the bonds with the surrounding silicon atoms ... Instead, it is free to move inside the silicon structure. A solar cell consists of a layer ...

Boron contains one less electron than carbon, allowing it to accept electrons. Boron essentially opens up a periodic electronic "hole" in the material that has the effect of increasing the ability ...