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Chemical Communications

Boron monoxide is a one-dimensional polymer

Joseph F. Thuma, ORCID logo a   Rana Biswas, ORCID logo bc   Carl F. Fleischer, III, ORCID logo d   Levi Stanley, ORCID logo a   Wenyu Huang ORCID logo ad  and  Frédéric A. Perras ORCID logo *ad  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

b Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA

c Department of Physics and Astronomy, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA

d Chemical and Biological Sciences Division, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA 50011, USA
E-mail: fperras@ameslab.gov

Abstract

It was recently reported that boron monoxide (BO) is formed through the cross-linking of B4O2 structural building units. Multiple theoretical phases agree with this description. Using pycnometry, multidimensional 17O NMR spectroscopy, and plane-wave DFT calculations we determined the likely polymorph to be a one-dimensional polymer initially proposed in 1955.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC04723D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Aug 2025
Accepted
24 Sep 2025
First published
25 Sep 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 16656-16659

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Boron monoxide is a one-dimensional polymer

J. F. Thuma, R. Biswas, C. F. Fleischer, L. Stanley, W. Huang and F. A. Perras, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 16656 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04723D

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