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In Situ TEM Electrical and Mechanical Probing of Individual Multi-walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes

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Inorganic and Metallic Nanotubular Materials

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Measurements of electrical and mechanical properties of individual multi-walled BN nanotubes inside a high-resolution transmission electron microscope are presented.

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Acknowledgment

The authors are indebted for the experimental and technical support of Drs. O. Lourie, X.D. Bai, Y. Uemura, and Mr. K. Kurashima. The present studies became possible due to the Nanotube Project tenable at the Nanoscale Materials Center (NIMS) and to the WPI Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) Initiative of MEXT.

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Golberg, D., Costa, P.M.F.J., Mitome, M., Bando, Y. (2010). In Situ TEM Electrical and Mechanical Probing of Individual Multi-walled Boron Nitride Nanotubes. In: Kijima, T. (eds) Inorganic and Metallic Nanotubular Materials. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03622-4_20

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