Back Cover: Unexpected Synergy between Magnetic Iron Chains and Stacked B₆ Rings in Nb₆Fe_1−xIr_6+xB₈ (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48/2014)

Dipl.-Chem. Mohammed Mbarki

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa

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M.Sc. Rachid St. Touzani,

M.Sc. Rachid St. Touzani

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Boniface P. T. Fokwa,

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Boniface P. T. Fokwa

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Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa Search for more papers by this author

Dipl.-Chem. Mohammed Mbarki,

Dipl.-Chem. Mohammed Mbarki

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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M.Sc. Rachid St. Touzani,

M.Sc. Rachid St. Touzani

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Priv.-Doz. Dr. Boniface P. T. Fokwa,

Corresponding Author

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Boniface P. T. Fokwa

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Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52056 Aachen (Germany) http://www.ssc.rwth-aachen.de/fokwa Search for more papers by this author

First published: 26 September 2014

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201408886

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Planar boron rings were predicted some years ago by scientists studying gas-phase boron clusters as building blocks for designing new molecular and solid-state materials. In their Communication on page 13174 ff., B. P. T. Fokwa et al. report experiments and density functional calculations used in a synergistic manner for the discovery of the new ferromagnetic material, Nb₆Fe_1−xIr_6+xB₈ (T_c=350 K), containing in its crystal structure iron chains embedded in stacked B₆ rings.