COVALENTLY BONDED THREE DIMENSIONAL CARBON NANOTUBE

SOLIDS VIA BORON INDUCED NANOJUNCTIONS

Navarre statamResearch:

Mauricio TerronesIn collaboration with rice university

http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120413/srep00363/pdf/srep00363.pdf

http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120413/srep00363/pdf/srep00363.pdf

C : an ion beamed sample is showing the porous nature of the material

D: a SEM view of the boron “elbow”

E : TEM view of the covalent nanojunction

F : TEM two tubes “welded” together due to the boron doping

http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120413/srep00363/pdf/srep00363.pdf

http://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/carbon-nanotubes-as-super-sponges

XPS characterizationg of the boron bonding states.

This tells the reasercher how the boron is bonded to the rest of the structure.

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