Hyperhalogens and highly electronegative compositions
AssigneeVirginia Commonwealth University
InventorPuru Jena
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Abstract
Hyperhalogens, a new class of highly electronegative species, are now invented. A hyperhalogen is a superhalogen-containing composition in which the electron affinity (EA) of the hyperhalogen is even larger than that of the superhalogens they are composed of. Novel production methods are provided in which highly electronegative species are produced by surrounding a central metal atom by superhalogen moieties.
Claims19
A hyperhalogen, comprising:
- a metal core;
- at least one superhalogen associated with said metal core, wherein the hyperhalogen composition has an EA higher than an EA of the at least one superhalogen included therein.
An electronegative composition comprising BO2 and having an EA of substantially greater than 4.32 eV.
A stable ternary nanocluster comprising superhalogen units as blocking blocks, wherein the nanocluster has an electron affinity larger than an electron affinity of any superhalogen making up the nanocluster.
A method of obtaining an increased EA for a superhalogen building block, comprising:
- substituting the superhalogen building block for an oxygen atom contained in a cluster to produce a hyperhalogen that has an EA of at least 1 eV greater than the EA of the superhalogen building block.
A method of producing a compound with high-EA, comprising:
- providing a starting material that includes at least one oxygen atom, substituting a superhalogen for an oxygen atom in the starting material, wherein one oxygen or plural oxygen atoms may be replaced, to produce the compound with high-EA.
A composition comprising Au(BO2)2 or a derivative thereof.
A composition comprising Au3O(BO2) or a derivative thereof.
A composition comprising Cu((BO2)2 or a derivative thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.