Electronic structure of heteroboranes: A voyage within mathematics, physics and chemistry

J. M. Oliva-Enrich
Institute of Chemical-Physics, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Espagne.
Mercredi 30 Novembre 2016, 11h00
bibliothèque LCT, tour 12 - 13, 4^ème étage

Boron is quite a peculiar element of the Periodic Table; it combines with practically all elements forming rich architectural constructs in the form of different polyhedral structures. The boranes (B₂H₆, B₄H₁₀, closo-B_nH_n^(2-) ...) are combinations of B and H. Heteroboranes are formed when substituting B atoms by other elements (N, C, O, ..., TM); substitution of B by C leads to the so-called carboranes. This talk will focus on aspects of the electronic structures of heteroboranes, mainly focusing on carboranes, with examples in mathematics, physics and chemistry.