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Carbon nanotubes encased in boron nitride nanotubes.(Surface Engineering)

Advanced Materials & Processes, August, 2003

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Single-walled carbon nanotubes that are encased within an outer sheath of boron nitride nanotubes are under development at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California. The nanotube wire is produced when a boron nitride cylinder is packed with buckyballs, then subjected to a ten-minute discharge from an intense beam of electrons.

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The result is a carbon nanowire conductor enclosed within a boron nitride insulating fiber. According to physicist Dr. Alex Zettl, "Insulation keeps different wires from shorting to each other or to nearby conductors, and will allow ...

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Carbon nanotubes encased in boron nitride nanotubes.(Surface Engineering)

Advanced Materials & Processes, August, 2003

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