Boron, atomic number five, has an interesting back story. "Discovered" as an element in 1808, this new "element" turned out to be a compound that contained less than 70 percent boron.

Boron is a metal in group IIIA of the periodic table with atomic number 5, an atomic weight of 10.81, and a density of 2.34 Mg/m 3. Its melting point is 2300 C. The electronic configuration of Boron ...

Unlike systems such as graphene on copper, where atoms may diffuse into the substrate without forming a distinct alloy, the boron atoms in this case formed a defined 2D copper boride ⎯ a new ...

Boron, atomic number five on the periodic table, is chemically a “metalloid”—meaning that it inhabits the debatable marcher lands between the empires of the metals proper, ...

Cubic boron nitride, a synthetic material, comes in at second place. That is, until researchers got their hands on an alternate crystal structure of boron nitride and observed a unique atomic bond ...

The team found that the tunnel current depends exponentially on the number of h-BN atomic layers – down to just a single-layer thickness. The result bodes well for using h-BN in electronic components ...

Experiments and calculations allow examination of boron's complicated dance Work opens a path to precise calculations of the structure of other nuclei ...

By binding borophene with atomic hydrogen, ... a version of atomically thin boron that is stable at standard temperatures and air pressures. ... (award number ONR N00014-17-1-2993), ...