Self-assembly and cathodoluminescence of microbelts from Cu-doped boron nitride nanotubes

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1523-1532

  Chen, Zhi Gang ^a,b   Zou, Jin ^b   Liu, Qingfeng ^a   Sun, Chenghua ^b   Liu, Gang ^a   Yao, Xiangdong ^b   Li, Feng ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Yuan, Xiao Li ^c   Sekiguchi, Takashi ^c   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a   Lu, Gao Qing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotubes; Cathodoluminescence; Cu; Dope; Microbelt; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BORON; BORON NITRIDE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER ALLOYS; DIAGNOSIS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; NONMETALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BN NANOTUBES; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL VAPORS; CU; DOPE; HIGH POTENTIAL; INNER DIAMETERS; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE; MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS; MICROBELT; MICROBELTS; OUTER DIAMETERS; SELF- ASSEMBLIES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; VISIBLE-LIGHT;

COPPER;

BORON DERIVATIVE; COPPER; ELBOR; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; ILLUMINATION; LUMINESCENCE; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BORON COMPOUNDS; COPPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODES; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 51849103346     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800211z     Document Type: Article

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