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Idney Brandão1, Tertius L Fonseca, Herbert C Georg

  • 1Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia-GO, 74690-900, Brazil. tertius@ufg.br.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
|July 22, 2020
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The lithium decahydroborate (Li@B10H14) complex is stable in chloroform but not water. Its electronic properties suggest potential for nonlinear optical (NLO) materials, though solvent effects are crucial for NLO applications.

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