Boron, Pt. 1: Stony Brook's Oganov on new superhard phase

Stony Brook University's Artem Oganov on the discovery of a new superhard phase of boron, a major advance described in "Nature" and publicized in the New York Times and -- believe it or not -- Conan O'Brien. Led by Oganov, a research team has discovered a new phase that shows charge transfer from the B2 to the B12 clusters, which thus play the same roles as cations and anions in normal ionic salts.

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• boron
• superhard phase
• Artem Oganov
• Stony Brook University
• chemistry