Recent Publications

Formation of Supernarrow Borophene Nanoribbon
H. C. Wang, P. C. Ding, G. J. Xia, X. Y. Zhao, W. L. E, M. Yu, Z. B. Ma, Y. G. Wang, L. S. Wang, J. Li, and X. M. Yang
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. , in press. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202406535 550.pdf

High Resolution Photoelectron Imaging of Cryogenically-Cooled BiB2 and BiB3 Bismuth−Boron Clusters
H. W. Gao, H. W. Choi, J. Hui, and L. S. Wang
J. Phys. Chem. A 128, 3579-3586 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c01672 (Alec Wodtke Festschrift)  549.pdf

Electronic Control of the Position of the Pb Atom on the Surface of the B8 Borozene in the PbB8 Cluster
W. J. Chen, H. W. Choi, J. Cavanagh, Y. D. Fu, and L. S. Wang
J. Phys. Chem. A 128, 3564-3570 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.4c01282 (Xueming Yang Festschrift) 548.pdf

Observation of Bound Valence Excited Electronic States of Deprotonated 2-Hydroxytriphenylene using Photoelectron, Photodetachment, and Resonant Two-Photon Detachment Spectroscopy of Cryogenically-Cooled Anions
J. Kang, E. I. Brewer, Y. R. Zhang, D. F. Yuan, G. S. Kocheril, and L. S. Wang
J. Chem. Phys. 160, 184301 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0209948 547.pdf

Searching for Stable Copper Borozene Complexes in CuB7 and CuB8
W. J. Chen, A. S. Pozdeev, H. W. Choi, A. I. Boldyrev, D. F. Yuan, I. A. Popov, and L. S. Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26, 12928-12938 (2024). (Selected for cover and as a hot article) https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP00296B 546.pdf

Probing the Dynamics and Bottleneck of the Key Atmospheric SO2 Oxidation Reaction by the Hydroxyl Radical
D. F. Yuan, Yang Liu, Tarek Trabelsi, Y. R. Zhang, Jun Li, J. S. Francisco, Hua Guo, and L. S. Wang
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 121, e2314819121 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2314819121 545.pdf

Investigation of Pb–B Bonding in PbB2(BO)n (n = 0–2): Transformation from an Aromatic PbB2 to Pb[B2(BO)2]–/0 Complexes with B≡B Triple Bonds
Q. Chen, W. J. Chen, X. Y. Wu, T. T. Chen, R. N. Yuan, H. G. Lu, D. F. Yuan, S. D. Li, and L. S. Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26, 5356-5367 (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP02800C 544.pdf

Selective Synthesis of the B11H14 and B12H122− Borane Derivatives and the General Mechanisms of the B−H Bond Condensation
Y. Jing, X. Wang, H. Han, X. R. Liu, X. C. Yu; X. M. Chen, D. Wei, L. S. Wang, and X. Chen
Sci. China Chem. 67, 876-881 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-023-1852-9 543.pdf

The Structures and Bonding of Bismuth-Doped Boron Clusters: BiB4 and BiB5
H. W. Choi, W. J. Chen, G. S. Kocheril, D. F. Yuan, and L. S. Wang
Inorganics 11, 405 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11100405 542.pdf

Observation of An Electron-Precise Metal Boryne Complex: [Bi≡BH]
H. W. Gao, J. Hui, and L. S. Wang
Chem. Comm. 59, 12431-12434 (2023).  DOI: 10.1039/D3CC04235A 541.pdf

On the Electronic Structure and Spin-Orbit Coupling of BiB from Photoelectron Imaging of Cryogenically-Cooled BiB Anion
H. W. Gao, H. W. Choi, J. Hui, W. J. Chen, G. S. Kocheril, and L. S. Wang
J. Chem. Phys. 159, 114301 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0170325 540.pdf