Design of 2D Checkerboard Lattices B12H8 and B10C2H6 from Aromatic Icosahedral B12 and B10C2 Units
Zhuo Sun, Shuai Wang, Hao-Ning Li, Jun-Hui Yuan, Hao Wang, Jiafu Wang · 2026
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Zhuo Sun and five co-authors design two new flat materials built from boron clusters, in a 2026 paper. The clusters are ball-shaped groups of boron atoms. Placed in a checkerboard pattern, they form sheets one layer thick. A second sheet swaps some boron for carbon. The team tested both designs with physics-based computer methods.
Both sheets proved stable in heat, motion, and stretch tests. Their stiffness varied by direction, and one measure of stretch was near zero. Each sheet blocked electric flow across a wide energy gap. The carbon sheet let charge move very fast, and that speed varied by direction. Both sheets let metal ions pass with low barriers. Those traits suit them for use in battery parts or ion-carrying layers, the authors suggest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhuo Sun, Shuai Wang, Hao-Ning Li, Jun-Hui Yuan, Hao Wang, Jiafu Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |