Composites and Materials Prepared from Boron Cluster Anions and Carboranes

Varvara V Avdeeva; Svetlana E Nikiforova; Elena A Malinina; Igor B Sivaev; Nikolay T Kuznetsov

doi:10.3390/ma16186099

Composites and Materials Prepared from Boron Cluster Anions and Carboranes

Materials (Basel). 2023 Sep 6;16(18):6099. doi: 10.3390/ma16186099.

Authors

Varvara V Avdeeva¹, Svetlana E Nikiforova¹, Elena A Malinina¹, Igor B Sivaev^{2

3}, Nikolay T Kuznetsov¹

Affiliations

¹ Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninskii Av., Moscow 119991, Russia.
² Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 Vavilov Str., Moscow 119991, Russia.
³ Basic Department of Chemistry of Innovative Materials and Technologies, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 36 Stremyannyi Line, Moscow 117997, Russia.

Abstract

Here, we present composites and materials that can be prepared starting with boron hydride cluster compounds (decaborane, decahydro-closo-decaborate and dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborate anions and carboranes). Recent examples of their utilization as boron protective coatings including using them to synthesize boron carbide, boron nitride, metal borides, metal-containing composites, and neutron shielding materials are discussed. The data are generalized demonstrate the versatile application of materials based on boron cluster anions and carboranes in various fields.

Keywords: borides; boron clusters; carborane; composites.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The work was performed within the framework of the State Assignment of the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences and the State Assignment of the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences in the field of fundamental scientific research.