Boron Nitrogen

Boron Nitride

Created in a Ta/B/N arc

Terrones, Hsu, Walton

Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Sussex NNC

Created in an arc with a Ta/B/N electrode

BN nanotubes

Sussex NNC

BN nanotubes

Ta/B/N crystalline catalytic particles

BN nanotube produced in an arc using a BN/Ta cathode

Amorphous BN material

Enters into the crystalline phase

Ta-B-N crystalline catalytic particle

Segregation

zone

Ta-B-N crystalline catalytic particle

Inflation

zone

Ta-B-N crystalline catalytic particle

3-wall BN nanotube

Ta-B-N crystalline catalytic particle

Boron Nitrogen Hydrogen

Borazole

BN nanotubes tend to have flat ends

Theoretically most readily closed by 3 four-membered rings

Sussex NNC

Flat-ended BNnanotube

Sussex NNC

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