Scaled synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes, nanoribbons, and nanococoons using direct feedstock injection into an extended-pressure, inductively-coupled thermal plasma

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4881-4886

  Fathalizadeh, Aidin ^a,c   Pham, Thang ^a,b,c   Mickelson, William ^a   Zettl, Alex ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron nitride nanotubes; hyperbaric plasma; inductively coupled plasma; scalable nanotube synthesis

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; FEEDSTOCKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NANORIBBONS;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES; BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBES (BNNTS); CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; EXTENDED PRESSURES; FEEDSTOCK MATERIALS; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; THERMAL PLASMA;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84906079472     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl5022915     Document Type: Article

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