boron nitride nanotubes

Purifying nanomaterials in bulk: New acid etching method rids boron nitride nanotubes of impurities

By Lisa McDonald / January 23, 2024

Ensuring quality of nanomaterials can be difficult when producing in bulk. Rice University researchers developed a new wet-thermal etching method that can result in mass yields of up to 29% purified boron nitride nanotubes.

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Fluorescing boron nitride nanotubes provide look at material’s motion in solution

By Lisa McDonald / June 5, 2020

Understanding how nanotubes move in solution is useful for both processing the material and for application in fluid environments, such as the body. Researchers at Rice University investigated how boron nitride nanotubes move in solution and found they behave like rigid rods, just like carbon nanotubes.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week

By Lisa McDonald / March 29, 2019

China to build first floating nuclear power plant, BMW plans 12 new all-electric cars, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 29, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / January 2, 2019

New perovskite efficiency record, 3D-printed transparent glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 2, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / January 6, 2016

Boron nitride flexes its muscles, five things to know about crystals, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 6, 2016.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / November 4, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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Boron nitride nanotubes enable room-temperature quantum tunneling

By Jim Destefani / July 1, 2013

Electrons “tunnel” one at a time across a series of gold quantum dots deposited on BNNTs. The room-temperature tunneling device behaves like a transistor but contains no semiconductors. Credit: Yoke…

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