The role of boron nitride nanotube as a new chemical sensor and potential reservoir for hydrogen halides environmental pollutants

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 325-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Yoosefian ◽  
Nazanin Etminan ◽  
Maryam Zeraati Moghani ◽  
Samaneh Mirzaei ◽  
Shima Abbasi
Author(s):  
D. L. Medlin ◽  
T. A. Friedmann ◽  
P. B. Mirkarimi ◽  
M. J. Mills ◽  
K. F. McCarty

The allotropes of boron nitride include two sp2-bonded phases with hexagonal and rhombohedral structures (hBN and rBN) and two sp3-bonded phases with cubic (zincblende) and hexagonal (wurtzitic) structures (cBN and wBN) (Fig. 1). Although cBN is synthesized in bulk form by conversion of hBN at high temperatures and pressures, low-pressure synthesis of cBN as a thin film is more difficult and succeeds only when the growing film is simultaneously irradiated with a high flux of ions. Only sp2-bonded material, which generally has a disordered, turbostratic microstructure (tBN), will form in the absence of ion-irradiation. The mechanistic role of the irradiation is not well understood, but recent work suggests that ion-induced compressive film stress may induce the transformation to cBN.Typically, BN films are deposited at temperatures less than 1000°C, a regime for which the structure of the sp2-bonded precursor material dictates the phase and microstructure of the material that forms from conventional (bulk) high pressure treatment.


Author(s):  
Mitesh B. Panchal ◽  
S. H. Upadhyay ◽  
S. P. Harsha

In this paper, the vibration response analysis of single walled boron nitride nanotubes (SWBNNTs) treated as thin walled tube has been done using finite element method (FEM). The resonant frequencies of fixed-free SWBNNTs have been investigated. The analysis explores the resonant frequency variations as well as the resonant frequency shift of the SWBNNTs caused by the changes in size of BNNTs in terms of length as well as the attached masses. The performance of cantilevered SWBNNT mass sensor is also analyzed based on continuum mechanics approach and compared with the published data of single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) for fixed-free configuration as a mass sensor. As a systematic analysis approach, the simulation results based on FEM are compared with the continuum mechanics based analytical approach and are found to be in good agreement. It is also found that the BNNT cantilever biosensor has better response and sensitivity compared to the CNT as a counterpart. Also, the results indicate that the mass sensitivity of cantilevered boron nitride nanotube nanomechanical resonators can reach 10−23 g and the mass sensitivity increases when smaller size nanomechanical resonators are used in mass sensors.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandesh Trivedi ◽  
Surinder Kumar ◽  
Satish Chand Sharma ◽  
Suraj Prakash Harsha

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