Transformation of BxCyNz nanotubes to pure BN nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1110-1112

  Han, Wei Qiang ^a,b   Mickelson, W ^a,b   Cumings, John ^a,b   Zettl, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BN NANOTUBE; CARBON LAYERS; CONVERSION PROCESS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; MULTI-WALLED; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES; OXIDATION TREATMENTS; OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 79956032017     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1498494     Document Type: Article

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