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Multi-and Single-Walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes Produced From Carbon Nanotubes by a Substitution Reaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. Golberg ,
Y. Bando ,
W. Han ,
L. Bourgeois ,
K. Kurashima  and
T. Sato
D. Golberg
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
Y. Bando
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, bando@nirim.go.jp
W. Han
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-lnstitute fuer Metallforschung, Seestrasse 92, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany
L. Bourgeois
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
K. Kurashima
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
T. Sato
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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Abstract

Boron nitride (BN) multi-walled (MWNT) or single-walled (SWNT) nanotubes were synthesized from carbon MWNT and SWNT templates, respectively, under heating of C nanotubes together with boron trioxide in a flowing nitrogen atmosphere. B and N atom substitution for C atoms in the nanotubular shells during C oxidation by the B2O3 vapor in the N2 flow is thought to underlie the formation mechanism. Structural and chemical BN MWNT/SWNT analyses were performed by means of high-resolution electron microscopy (HRTEM) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), respectively. In particular, BN MWNT shell structure and defects, and electron irradiation stability were studied. Finally, the prospects of using the substitution technique for the synthesis of other advanced nanostructures made of BN (nanorods, nanoplates and nanocones) are discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 593: Symposium U – Amorphous & Nanostructured Carbon , 1999 , 27
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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