HOT Nanoscale Communication
Scientists in Australia have made carbon and boron nitride nano-scrolls from boron nitride flakes, which could be applied to chemical doping, hydrogen storage, battery technology and nano-mechanical devices.
Carbon nano-scrolls are more stable than flat graphene sheets, but have yet to be synthesised in reasonable quantities with control over the morphology. Impurities in the CNSs have also been a problem with previous synthetic methods. The team used a spinning disc processor to exfoliate graphite flakes, forming impurity-free scrolls.
This is the first report of boron nitride nano-scrolls.
Read more details about this exciting research:
Shear induced formation of carbon and boron nitride nano-scrolls
Xianjue Chen, Ramiz Boulos, John Dobson and Colin Raston
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33071G
