Synthesis of Low-Density, Carbon-Doped, Porous Hexagonal Boron Nitride Solids

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 12088-12095

  Gautam, Chandkiram ^a,b   Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar ^b   Jose, Sujin ^b,c   Brunetto, Gustavo ^b,d   Ozden, Sehmus ^b   Vinod, Soumya ^b   Raghavan, Prasanth ^b   Biradar, Santoshkumar ^b   Galvao, Douglas Soares ^d   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DFT simulations; electron microscopy; hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets; mechanical properties; oil adsorption

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; BORON NITRIDE; CARBON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITRIDES; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION CAPACITY; DFT SIMULATIONS; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THEORETICAL MODELING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SOLIDS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84952334265     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05847     Document Type: Article

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