Introducing Boron Buckyballs: Theory that B80 cages can’t be made is disproved

 (cen.acs.org)

51 points | by crescit_eundo 2 days ago

6 comments

  • cpard 13 minutes ago
    Curious to see when a post from OpenAI will appear with the corrected theory or something. This seems to be an ideal scenario for them to go after another scientific case. They have the theory, they have the experimental proof that it’s wrong, exactly what you need for an agentic loop to do its work.

    Or maybe what works in math doesn’t work with chemistry?

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  • crescit_eundo 2 days ago
    Complete title is: "Introducing boron buckyballs: Theory predicts B80 cages can’t be made. Experimentalists just proved otherwise"
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  • BobbyTables2 1 hour ago
    What a bunch of borons!
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    • vi_sextus_vi 16 minutes ago
      this boronic thing (ion, really) has 241 (valence) electrons..

      You'd expect the nice 240, not a prime number

      Numerology: 2x11x11-1

  • sroussey 1 hour ago
    It is a lot less uniform than carbon c60. I wonder what weird properties that will give it.
  • ziofill 1 hour ago
    This is surely extremely exciting for theorists then!
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  • K0balt 1 hour ago
    I wonder what you can do with B80?