A new ceramic sintering approach employing plastic deformation as the dominant mechanism is proposed, at low temperature close to the onset point of grain growth and under high pressure. Based on this route, fully dense boron carbide without grain growth can be prepared at 1,675-1,700 °C and under pressure of (≥) 80 MPa in 5 minutes. The dense boron carbide shows excellent mechanical properties...

Boron tris(trifluoroacetate) is identified as the first effective catalyst for the homoallyl- and homocrotylboration of aldehydes by cyclopropylcarbinylboronates. NMR spectroscopic studies and theoretical calculations of key intermediates and transition states both suggest that a ligand-exchange mechanism, akin to our previously reported PhBCl2-promoted homoallylations, is operative. Our experi...

As the simplest stable boron hydride in its condensed phase, diborane exhibits an interesting structural chemistry with uniquely bridged hydrogen bonds. Here we report the first room-temperature infrared (IR) absorption spectra of solid diborane compressed to pressures as high as 50 GPa using a diamond anvil cell. At room temperature and 3.5 GPa, the IR spectrum of diborane displays rich sharpl...

25 Laurentia Gales 258 Șos.Fundeni, 2nd District, Bucharest, Romania e-mail: [email protected] Abstract. Boron neutron capture theory (BNCT) is a binary therapy applied in malignant tumours, resistant to other treatment methods, namely chemotherapy and radiotherapy. One of the main components is Bor-10, a stable isotope that can be inserted in the tumour cells by using specific transpor...

The properties of pristine carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be modified in a number of different ways: covalent attachments, substitutional doping, induced defects, and non-covalent interactions with ligands. One unconventional approach is to combine CNTs with boron-nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) to form hybrid carbon and boron-nitride nanotube (CBNNT) materials. In this work, we perform a first-principl...

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are of intense scientific interest due to their unique physiochemical properties and prospective applications in various nanotechnologies, particularly nanobiomedicine. A critical problem hamper‐ ing the application processing of BNNTs is the outer sidewall functionalization, which is primarily acquired to lead BNNTs dispersible in various solvents. Furthermore, ...

A. Ektarawong,1,* S. I. Simak,2 and B. Alling1,3 1Thin Film Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden 2Theoretical Physics Division, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden 3Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, D-40237 Düsseldorf, Germany (Received ...

The chemistry of boron cations was a field long neglected [2]. Meanwhile, many cations containing tetracoordinated boron have been reported [3] and their chemistry has been explored. In addition there exists scattered information relating to tri[4-8] and dicoordinated [9, 10] boron cations. Unlike carbenium ion chemistry their role in boron chemistry is not yet well understood. This situation, ...

In this article boron steel is analyzed on the example of steel grade B27. In view of the fact that steel is supplied in a state after hot rolling, and the choice of a suitable heat treatment is left to the buyer steel were examined after conventional heat treatments. Steel was studied in state as delivered, after normalization, after quenching and after quenching and tempering at different tem...