Mechanically activated catalyst mixing for high-yield boron nitride nanotube growth

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Li, Ling ^a,b   Li, Lu Hua ^b   Chen, Ying ^b   Dai, Xiujuan J ^b   Xing, Tan ^b   Petravic, Mladen ^c   Liu, Xiaowei ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Rijeka   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotube; Mechanical milling; Nanostructured materials; Synthesis; X ray absorption fine structure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; ATOMIC PHYSICS; BORON NITRIDE; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY OF GASES; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MECHANICAL ALLOYING; MILLING (MACHINING); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS BORON POWDER; BALL-MILLING METHODS; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES (BNNTS); CONTROLLED STRUCTURES; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MECHANICAL MILLING; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES;

BALL MILLING;

EID: 84866064179     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-417     Document Type: Article

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