Expanding the chemistry of borates with functional [BO2]− anions

Chunmei Huang; Miriding Mutailipu; Fangfang Zhang; Kent J. Griffith; Cong Hu; Zhihua Yang; John M. Griffin; Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier; Shilie Pan

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22835-4

Nature Communications (May 2021)

Expanding the chemistry of borates with functional [BO2]− anions

Chunmei Huang,
Miriding Mutailipu,
Fangfang Zhang,
Kent J. Griffith,
Cong Hu,
Zhihua Yang,
John M. Griffin,
Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier,
Shilie Pan

Affiliations

Chunmei Huang: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments
Miriding Mutailipu: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments
Fangfang Zhang: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments
Kent J. Griffith: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Cong Hu: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments
Zhihua Yang: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments
John M. Griffin: Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University
Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Shilie Pan: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22835-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Borates offer extended structural diversity and promise in diverse applications. Here the authors report a borate with linear BO2 units as well as NMR spectroscopy characterization that provides a quantitative basis for identification of BO2 units in polycrystalline and non-crystalline samples.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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