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Synthesis of vertically aligned boron nitride nanotubes with a template of single-walled carbon nanotubes

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Boron nitride nanotubes have been proposed of having great potential in various applications due to their outstanding properties such as high thermal conductivity and excellent chemical stability. Here, we present a template-assisted method of synthesizing vertically-aligned boron nitride nanotubes (VA-BNNTs) from vertically-aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (VA-SWCNTs). This approach involves a chemical vapor deposition of boron nitride layers coating onto VA-SWCNTs first and subsequent removal of VA-SWCNTs by the oxidation in pure oxygen. The obtained VA-SWCNTs covered by BNNTs and VA-BNNTs arrays retain a highly ordered vertically aligned structure. The thermal stability of VA-SWCNTs was enhanced by coating with BNNTs. The structure and crystalline conditions were characterized by scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. The chemical composition of samples was investigated by UV–Vis–NIR absorption spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Boron nitride coating starts onto VA-SWCNTs from the top of the VA-SWCNTs array, which is confirmed by NanoSIMS characterization.

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Part of this work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Nos. JP19H02543, JP20H00220, JP20KK0114, JP22K04874 and by JST, CREST Grant No. JPMJCR20B5, Japan. Part of the work was conducted at the Advanced Characterization Nanotechnology Platform of the University of Tokyo, supported by the “Nanotechnology Platform” of the MEXT, Japan, Grant No. JPMXP09A20UT0063. M.L. acknowledges the support from JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientist Grant No. JP19J13441. S.W. acknowledges the support from Quantum Science and Technology Fellowship Program (Q-STEP).

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    Ming Liu, Shuhui Wang, Yongjia Zheng, Taiki Inoue, Rong Xiang & Shigeo Maruyama

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    Taiki Inoue

  5. State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

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Liu, M., Wang, S., Zheng, Y. et al. Synthesis of vertically aligned boron nitride nanotubes with a template of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Materials Research 37, 4428–4437 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00759-z

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