Bulk quantity and physical properties of boron nitride nanocapsules with a narrow size distribution

Carbon

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 615-621

  Borowiak Palen, Ewa ^a,b   Rümmeli, Mark H ^a   Knupfer, Martin ^a   Behr, Günter ^a   Biedermann, Kati ^a   Gemming, Thomas ^a   Kalenczuk, Ryszard J ^b   Pichler, Thomas ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

B. Heat treatment; C. Electron energy loss spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FULLERENES; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARC-MELTING; BORON NITRIDE (BN); NANOCAPSULES; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 10844225290     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2004.10.032     Document Type: Article

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