TY - JOUR
T1 - Pure and doped boron nitride nanotubes
AU - Terrones, M.
AU - Romo-Herrera, J. M.
AU - Cruz-Silva, E.
AU - López-Urías, F.
AU - Muñoz-Sandoval, E.
AU - Velázquez-Salazar, J. J.
AU - Terrones, H.
AU - Bando, Y.
AU - Golberg, D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to D. Ramírez, G. Ramírez, L. Noyola, and G. Pérez for technical assistance. This work was supported in part by CONACYT-México grants: 45762 (HT), 45772 (MT), 48300 (EMS), 41464-Inter American Collaboration (MT), 42428-Inter American Collaboration (HT), 2004-01-013/SALUD-CONACYT (MT), PUE-2004-CO2-9 Fondo Mixto de Puebla (MT), and PhD. Scholarships (ECS, JMRH, and JJVS).
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - More than ten years ago, it was suggested theoretically that boron nitride (BN) nanotubes could be produced. Soon after, various reports on their synthesis appeared and a new area of nanotube science was born. This review aims to cover the latest advances related to the synthesis of BN nanotubes. We show that these tubes can now be produced in larger amounts and, in particular, that the chemistry of BN tubes appears to be very important to the production of reinforced composites with insulating characteristics. From the theoretical standpoint, we also show that (BN)-C heteronanotubes could have important implications for nanoelectronics. We believe that BN nanotubes (pure and doped) could be used in the fabrication of novel devices in which pure carbon nanotubes do not perform very efficiently.
AB - More than ten years ago, it was suggested theoretically that boron nitride (BN) nanotubes could be produced. Soon after, various reports on their synthesis appeared and a new area of nanotube science was born. This review aims to cover the latest advances related to the synthesis of BN nanotubes. We show that these tubes can now be produced in larger amounts and, in particular, that the chemistry of BN tubes appears to be very important to the production of reinforced composites with insulating characteristics. From the theoretical standpoint, we also show that (BN)-C heteronanotubes could have important implications for nanoelectronics. We believe that BN nanotubes (pure and doped) could be used in the fabrication of novel devices in which pure carbon nanotubes do not perform very efficiently.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1369-7021(07)70077-9
DO - 10.1016/S1369-7021(07)70077-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247483992
SN - 1369-7021
VL - 10
SP - 30
EP - 38
JO - Materials Today
JF - Materials Today
IS - 5
ER -