Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes by an oxide-assisted chemical method

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2405-2413

  Singhal, S K ^a   Srivastava, A K ^a   Gupta, Anil K ^a   Chen, Z G ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Electron microscopy; Morphology; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

BN NANOTUBE; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL METHOD; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MASS RATIO; PEAK BROADENING; RAMAN SPECTRUM; REACTION MECHANISM; SEM; TEM STUDIES; TWO-STEP PROCESS; XRD;

BALL MILLING; BORON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOTHERMAL ANNEALING; MORPHOLOGY; NITRIDES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOTUBES;

AMMONIA; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; BORON OXIDE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78751607623     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9799-3     Document Type: Article

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