Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1582810 | Materials Science and Engineering: A | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A simple route involving urea as the nitrogen source has been employed to carry out boron nitride coating on carbon fibers, multi-walled carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires. The process involves heating the carbon fibers and nanotubes or inorganic nanowires in a mixture of H3BO3 and urea, followed by a heat treatment at 1000 °C in a N2 atmosphere. We have been able to characterize the BN coating by transmission electron microscopy as well as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The urea decomposition route affords a simple method to coat boron nitride on one-dimensional nanostructures.
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Authors
A. Gomathi, M. Ramya Harika, C.N.R. Rao,