Electrical sensitivity of a Boron Nitride Nano Tube (BNNT) was examined toward hydroquinone (C6H4(OH)2), cyanogens (C2N2), methylacetylene (C3H4), ethylacetylene (C4H6), aniline (C6H5NH2), ethanol (C2H5OH), pyrrole (C4H...

Graphene-boron nitride monolayer heterostructures contain adjacent electrically active and insulating regions in a continuous, single-atom thick layer. To date structures were grown at low pressure, resulting in irregular shapes and edge direction, so studies of the graphene-boron nitride interface were restricted to the microscopy of nanodomains. Here we report templated growth of single cryst...

This Research Article reports on the enhancement of the thermal transport properties of nanocomposite materials containing hexagonal boron nitride in poly(vinyl alcohol) through room-temperature atmospheric pressure direct-current microplasma processing. Results show that the microplasma treatment leads to exfoliation of the hexagonal boron nitride in isopropyl alcohol, reducing the number of s...

Since the discovery of the superconductivity in boron-doped diamond [1], the carrier doping, especially boron doping in carbon materials attracts much attentions. For the carbon nanotube, however, the effect of boron doping as well as the possibility of the superconductivity [2] have not been well understood yet. Thus, we systematically study the boron-doped single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube...

The synthesis of one-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures was realized recently, which opens up new possibilities for prospective applications in electronics and optoelectronics. even reduced dimension will enable novel properties further miniaturization beyond the capabilities its two-dimensional counterparts have revealed. natural doping results p-type electrical characteristics semicon...

We report results from cathodoluminescence spectroscopy of boron nitride films grown on Si(100) substrates by ion-source-assisted magnetron sputtering of a hexagonal BN target. Three main peaks are observed in the near-band-gap region for hexagonal boron nitride films at energies of 4.90,5.31, and 5.50 eV We also report deep-level emission spectra of predominantly cubic boron nitride films whic...

In this article, we examine the elastic properties of boron-nitride nanotubes, which are embedded in amorphous silicon-boron-nitride ceramics. We employ molecular dynamics simulations using the Parrinello-Rahman approach. To this end, all systems are modeled with a reactive many-body bond order potential due to Tersoff, which is able to describe covalent bonding accurately. We apply external st...

Water-filled nanometer-scale porous structures have gained considerable attention over the past decade due to their enormous promise in substantially improving the performance and efficiency of many applications such as biological/chemical systems,1-3 water purification systems,4 fuel cell devices,5 etc. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), due to their extraordinary physical and chemical p...