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Panorama of boron nitride nanostructures via lamp ablation

Show Author's Information Sehrina Eshon1,  Weike Zhang3,  Martin Saunders2,  Yujun Zhang4,  Hui Tong Chua1,  Jeffrey M. Gordon1,5( )
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Taiyuan University of Technology,Taiyuan,030024,China;
Department of Material Science and Engineering,Shandong University,Jinan,250061,China;
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 8499000, Israel
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boron nitride, nanostructures, nano-onions, lamp ablation, non-toxic
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A diverse range of remarkable boron nitride (BN) nanostructures subsuming nano-horns, nano-rods, nano-platelets, and clusters of hollow nanospheres (nano-onions, arguably of greatest applied and fundamental interest) have been produced exclusively from crystalline BN precursor powder via lamp ablation. The procedure is safe, devoid of toxic reagents, simple, rapid and scalable-generating some genres of nanoparticles that had previously proved elusive. Product structure and composition were unambiguously assessed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy.


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Panorama of boron nitride nanostructures via lamp ablation

Show Author's information Sehrina Eshon1, Weike Zhang3, Martin Saunders2, Yujun Zhang4, Hui Tong Chua1, Jeffrey M. Gordon1,5( )
Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Taiyuan University of Technology,Taiyuan,030024,China;
Department of Material Science and Engineering,Shandong University,Jinan,250061,China;
Department of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 8499000, Israel

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A diverse range of remarkable boron nitride (BN) nanostructures subsuming nano-horns, nano-rods, nano-platelets, and clusters of hollow nanospheres (nano-onions, arguably of greatest applied and fundamental interest) have been produced exclusively from crystalline BN precursor powder via lamp ablation. The procedure is safe, devoid of toxic reagents, simple, rapid and scalable-generating some genres of nanoparticles that had previously proved elusive. Product structure and composition were unambiguously assessed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron energy loss spectroscopy.

Keywords: boron nitride, nanostructures, nano-onions, lamp ablation, non-toxic

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Received: 28 August 2018
Revised: 16 November 2018
Accepted: 21 November 2018
Published: 12 December 2018
Issue date: March 2019

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This research was generously funded by a University of Western Australia Pathfinder grant. Also, the authors acknowledge the facilities, and the scientific and technical assistance of the Microscopy Australia at the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation & Analysis, The University of Western Australia, a facility funded by the University, State and Commonwealth Governments.

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