Boron The Fifth Element /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hnyk, Drahomír (Editor), McKee, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics ; 20
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Inorganic chemistry.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Nanotechnology.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.; Inorganic Chemistry.

This multi-author edited volume reviews the recent developments in boron chemistry, with a particular emphasis on the contribution of computational chemistry. The contributors come from Europe, the USA and Asia. About 60% of the book concentrates on theoretical and computational themes whilst 40% is...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Molecular Structures
• Topology
• Reactivities
• Excited states, photochemistry
• Weakly-coordinating anions
• Predictions of new compounds
• Modelling of interactions with biomolecules and consequences in medicine
• Challenge for future materials science
• Chemistry of (super)carboranes.