Synthesis and morphology of boron nitride nanotubes and nanohorns |
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Authors: | C.C. Tang Y. Bando T. Sato |
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Affiliation: | (1) Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | Boron nitride (BN) nanotubes have been synthesized by evaporating a mixture of boron and gallium oxide in the presence of ammonia gas. The synthesized BN nanotubes exhibit a well-crystallized concentric structure with diameters less than 30 nm, and no carbon contamination or defects could be observed, while the BN nanotubes with large diameters usually show a number of defects. Some BN nanohorn structures could also be observed in the product. The carbon-free growth of BN nanotubes was explained based on the vapor–liquid–solid growth mechanism, and the catalytic activity of liquid gallium for BN one-dimensional growth was also demonstrated. Received: 16 April 2002 / Accepted: 25 May 2002 / Published online: 19 July 2002 |
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Keywords: | PACS: 71.20.Tx 81.07.De 81.10.Dn |
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