Magnesium diboride (MgB2): An effective and novel precursor for the synthesis of vertically aligned BNNTs

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Pervaiz, Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin, Muhammad, Nawshad, Rehman, Fida, Khan, Ghulamullah, Khan, Amir Sada, Ullah, Zahoor, Rehman, Muhammad Abdur, Ahmed, Sohail, Gulzar, Mubashar, Din, Israf Ud, Ahmed, Syed Muzamil, Ali, Hazrat, Numan, Arshid
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QC Physics; QD Chemistry; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22631/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.10.031
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Vertically aligned Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) have exceptional electrical, mechanical and thermal properties suitable for its potential applications without any further purification. However, the synthesis of aligned BNNTs via previously reported techniques is not only complicated, lengthy and...