Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes at low temperatures using reactive ball milling

Y. Chen; J. Fitz Gerald; J. S. Williams; S. Bulcock

doi:10.1016/S0009-2614(98)01252-4

Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes at low temperatures using reactive ball milling

Y. Chen^*, J. Fitz Gerald, J. S. Williams, S. Bulcock

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Abstract

Boron nitride (BN) nanotubes have been produced by thermal annealing at 1000°C of elemental boron powders which were previously ball milled in ammonia gas for 150 h at room temperature. High-energy ball milling induces nitriding reactions between the boron powder and the ammonia gas. A metastable material is formed consisting of disordered BN and nanocrystalline boron. BN nanotubes then grow out from this metastable and chemically activated structure during heat treatment in the presence of nitrogen gas. This novel process for forming BN nanotubes is distinctly different from arc discharge and laser-heating processes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	260-264
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	299
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2614(98)01252-4
Publication status	Published - 11 Jan 1999

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