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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Toshihiko Kanayama, Ibaraki, JP;
Hidefumi Hiura, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A carborane supercluster consisting of carborane (C B H ) as its constituent unit expressed as a molecular formula C B H , where x is a positive integer (i.e., x=1, 2, 3, . . . ) and m is an integer greater than unity (i.e., m=2, 3, . . . ). The parameter x represents the count of removed or detached hydrogen atoms. The parameter a represents the count of the clusters linked together. To produce the supercluster, carborane (C B H ) is ionized in a reaction chamber to generate carborane ions and then, the carborane ions thus generated are successively reacted with the remaining neutral (i.e., non-ionized) carborane (C B H ), thereby generating the carborane supercluster. Preferably, the cluster of the carborane consists of at least two of o-carborane, m-carborane, and p-carborane.