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A Two-Stage Route to Coaxial Cubic-Aluminum-Nitride–Boron- Nitride Composite Nanotubes

  1. L.-W. Yin2,
  2. Y. Bando1,
  3. Y.-C. Zhu1,
  4. D. Golberg1,
  5. M.-S. Li2

Article first published online: 17 JUN 2004

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200306571

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 16, Issue 11, pages 929–933, June, 2004

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Yin, L.-W., Bando, Y., Zhu, Y.-C., Golberg, D. and Li, M.-S. (2004), A Two-Stage Route to Coaxial Cubic-Aluminum-Nitride–Boron- Nitride Composite Nanotubes. Adv. Mater., 16: 929–933. doi: 10.1002/adma.200306571

Author Information

  1. 1

    Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

  2. 2

    College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, P.R. China

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JUN 2004
  2. Article first published online: 17 JUN 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 17 FEB 2004
  4. Manuscript Received: 4 DEC 2003

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Keywords:

  • Aluminum nitride, cubic;
  • Boron nitride;
  • Nanotubes, composite;
  • Vapor–solid synthesis

Coaxial cubic-aluminum-nitride–boron-nitride composite nanotubes have been synthesized via a template-free and catalyst-free two-stage route. The synthesized nanotubes have a uniform outer diameter of 50 nm and wall thickness of 15 nm, with a 2–3 nm thick BN coating. A vapor–solid (VS) mechanism is proposed for their growth, and insight is provided into the atomistic mechanism of coaxial nanotube growth.

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