[13p-4F-1~9] Science and recent trend of liquid silicon

[13p-4F-2] The Chemistry of Organosilicon Clusters as Models of Silicon Semiconductors

〇Soichiro Kyushin¹, Shintaro Ishida², Akihiro Tsurusaki³, Kyohei Otsuka¹ (1.Gunma Univ., 2.Tohoku Univ., 3.AIST)

Keywords:organosilicon cluster,silicon

Organosilicon clusters can be regarded as intermediates between normal organosilicon compounds and silicon semiconductors. Normal organosilicon compounds contain one or several silicon atoms, while silicon semiconductors consist of a large number of silicon atoms. They belong to completely different classes of substances. What kinds of compounds are organosilicon clusters? Although their structures and properties are interesting, their studies have not been carried out because of synthetic difficulty. In this lecture, we explain recent development of the chemistry of organosilicon clusters.