Ultrathin higherature oxidation-resistant coatings of hexagonal boron nitride

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Gong, Yongji ^b   Zhou, Wu ^c,d   Ma, Lulu ^a   Yu, Jingjiang ^e   Idrobo, Juan Carlos ^d   Jung, Jeil ^f,g   Macdonald, Allan H ^f   Vajtai, Robert ^a   Lou, Jun ^a   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BORON; CHEMICAL REACTION; COATING; DIFFUSION; FILM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NICKEL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL COATING; MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR;

EID: 84885143084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3541     Document Type: Article

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