Graphene and hexagonal Boron Nitride possesses exceptional chemical and physical properties. Recent experimental results ...

Hydrogels are 3D networks of hydrophilic polymers that can absorb and retain large amounts of water due to physical or chemical cross-linking of individual polymer chains. However, poor mechanical ...

What are Boron Nitride Nanotubes? Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are a type of one-dimensional nanostructure composed of boron and nitrogen atoms arranged in a tubular form. They are structurally ...

Boron nitride (BN) is a chemically and thermally resistant compound composed of equal parts nitrogen and boron. It comes as a powder or a solid and shares structural and electronic similarities with ...

Engineers synthesized aligned forests of nanoscale fibers made of boron nitride, or 'white graphene.' They hope to harness the technique to fabricate bulk-scale arrays of these nanotubes, which can ...

Pulickel Ajayan receives funding from the Army Research Laboratory and the Army Research Office. Abhijit Biswas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

Chemists use their flash Joule heating process to synthesize 2D flakes of boron nitride and boron carbon nitride, highly valued for lending thermal and chemical stability to compounds. Rice University ...

Hot pressing is a fabrication technique that applies heat and pressure simultaneously to densify ceramic materials. BN hot pressing processing begins with the preparation of highly pure BN powder.

In an elegant fusion of art and science, researchers at Rice University have achieved a major milestone in nanomaterials engineering by uncovering how boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)—touted for their ...

High-energy cosmic radiation damages cells and DNA, causing cancer, and secondary neutrons—generated especially from the planetary surfaces—can be up to 20 times more harmful than other radiations.