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Multiwalled Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Growth, Properties, and Applications

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This chapter provides a comprehensive review on the current research status of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), especially the multiwalled nanostructures. Experimental and theoretical aspects of the properties, synthesis, and characterization of BNNTs, as well as their potential mechanical, electronic, chemical, and biological applications are compiled here.

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Acknowledgments

Y.K. Yap acknowledges National Science Foundation CAREER Award (DMR 0447555) for supporting the project on frontier carbon materials and the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-FG02-06ER46294) for, in part, supporting the project on boron nitride nanotubes. D. Golberg and Y. Bando acknowledge the WPI Center for Materials Nanoarcitectonics (MANA) of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) for the continuous support of the BNNT-related activities.

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    Jiesheng Wang, Chee Huei Lee & Yoke Khin Yap

  2. World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, JAPAN

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Wang, J., Lee, C., Bando, Y., Golberg, D., Yap, Y. (2009). Multiwalled Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Growth, Properties, and Applications. In: B-C-N Nanotubes and Related Nanostructures. Lecture Notes in Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0086-9_2

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