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Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes, bamboos and nanowires

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posted on 2024-06-03, 15:15 authored by L Li, CP Li, Ying (Ian) ChenYing (Ian) Chen
Boron nitride nanotubes and nanowires in high purity and large quantity have been produced using an improved ball-milling and annealing method. Boron powder was first ball milled to produce nanosized boron particles with a metastable structure. The ball-milled sample was ultrasonicated in ethanol to break up large aggregates formed during high-energy ball milling. Isothermal annealing under controlled conditions produced nanotubes in two different structures (multi-walled cylindrical and bamboo nanotubes), as well as nanowires. The formation mechanisms of various nanostructures are discussed.

History

Journal

Physica e: low-dimensional systems and nanostructures

Volume

40

Pagination

2513-2516

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

1386-9477

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2008 Elsevier

Issue

7

Publisher

Elsevier