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Science 18 August 1995:
Vol. 269. no. 5226, pp. 966 - 967
DOI: 10.1126/science.269.5226.966
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Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Nasreen G. Chopra 1, R. J. Luyken 1, K. Cherrey 1, Vincent H. Crespi 1, Marvin L. Cohen 1, Steven G. Louie 1, and A. Zettl 1

1 Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

The successful synthesis of pure boron nitride (BN) nanotubes is reported here. Multi-walled tubes with inner diameters on the order of 1 to 3 nanometers and with lengths up to 200 nanometers were produced in a carbon-free plasma discharge between a BN-packed tungsten rod and a cooled copper electrode. Electron energy-loss spectroscopy on individual tubes yielded B:N ratios of approximately 1, which is consistent with theoretical predictions of stable BN tube structures.

Submitted on April 12, 1995
Accepted on June 21, 1995


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