Electron energy-loss spectroscopy study of the electronic structure of boron nitride nanotubes

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-324

  Terauchi, Masami ^a   Tanaka, Michiyoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Takehisa ^b   Saito, Yahachi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bandgap energy; Boron 1s * transition; Boron nitride nanotube; High energy resolution EELS; + plasmon; plasmon

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY GAP; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

BAND GAP ENERGY; BORON BE → Π∗TRANSITION; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; FULL WIDTHS AT HALF MAXIMUMS; HIGH ENERGY-RESOLUTION EELS; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; PLASMON ENERGY; Π + Σ PLASMON; Π-PLASMON;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031689289     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023598     Document Type: Article

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