  In a prior study of the boron isotope effect on the transition temperature
($T_c$) of $R$Ni$_2$B$_2$C ($R$ = Y, Lu) system, a positive isotope effect was
observed, e.g., $T_{c}(^{10}B)> T_{c}(^{11}B)$. BCS theory predicts that the
superconducting gap at zero temperature ($\Delta_0$) is proportional to $T_c$.
Therefore, the gap should also show a positive boron isotope effect. On the
contrary, in an inelastic light scattering study, we report a negative boron
isotope effect on the energy $\Omega$ of the gap-like feature in B$_{2g}$
symmetry, e.g., $\Omega(^{10}B)< \Omega(^{11}B)$. The origin of the effect is
discussed in terms of selective probing of a non-conventional electron-phonon
interaction on part of the Fermi surface, probably near the X point in the
Brillouin zone.
