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Title: Efficient boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotube formation via combined laser-gas flow levitation

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1174211

A process for producing boron nitride nanotubes and/or boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotubes of the general formula B.sub.xC.sub.yN.sub.z. The process utilizes a combination of laser light and nitrogen gas flow to support a boron ball target during heating of the boron ball target and production of a boron vapor plume which reacts with nitrogen or nitrogen and carbon to produce boron nitride nanotubes and/or boron-carbon-nitrogen nanotubes of the general formula B.sub.xC.sub.yN.sub.z.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-06OR23177
Assignee:
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (Newport News, VA)
Patent Number(s):
8,986,513
Application Number:
13/920,342
OSTI ID:
1174211
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jun 18
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Nanocrystalline intermetallic powders made by laser evaporation patent April 2002