A simple technique to synthesise vertically aligned boron nitride nanosheets at 1200°C

Advances in Applied Ceramics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 267-272

  Ahmad, P ^a   Khandaker, M U ^a   Amin, Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

BNNS; BNNTs; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BNNS; BNNTS; BORON NITRIDE NANOSHEETS; CRYSTALLINE NATURE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; QUARTZ TUBE FURNACE; X RAY PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY;

BORON NITRIDE;

EID: 84942857416     PISSN: 17436753     EISSN: 17436761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743676114Y.0000000225     Document Type: Article

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