Synthesis of boron nitride nanostructures from borates of alkali and alkaline earth metals

• DOI: 10.1039/c5ta05831g
• Publication Date: 2015-09-04T15:03:15Z
• Authors: Andrei T. Matveev; Konstantin L. Fir...; Alexander E. Stei...; Andrey M. Kovalskii; Irina V. Sukhorukova; Oleg I. Lebedev; Dmitry V. Shtansky; Dmitri Golberg
• Keywords: Alkaline earth metal

Boron nitride nanostructures (nanotubes, graphene-like petals, and columnar porous flakes) grew in reactions of alkali alkaline earth borates with ammonia.