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Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Graphene-Based Polyhedrons via Origami-Like Self-Folding
Published on: September 23, 2018
Fe@B6H6 aggregates: from simple building blocks to graphene analogue
Chao Wang1,2, Qiyue Chen1, Jianhua Hou3,4
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, 130022, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
We suggest the possibility to build graphene analogue with the planar hexacoordinate wheel-type Fe@B6H6 cluster as the building block through studying theoretically the geometry, stability, and electron structure of its dimer and trimer as well as the dimerization of the two trimers. Employing the dehydrogenation route to polymerization, we can obtain the hexagonal boron sheet that are partly and uniformly filled by Fe atoms in the center of the holes, achieving uniform chemical doping and a very large hexagonal-hole density. Thus, we may offer a novel cluster-assembled material for experimental chemists to construct graphene analogue.
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