Liquid crystals of neat boron nitride nanotubes and their assembly into ordered macroscopic materials

Liquid crystals of neat boron nitride nanotubes and their assembly into ordered macroscopic materials

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTS) have only been shown to dissolve in chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) at low concentrations. Here the authors successfully demonstrate the formation of liquid crystals of BNNTs in CSA that can be used to produce macroscopically aligned neat fibers of BNNTs.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cedric J. Simonsen Ginestra, Cecilia Martínez-Jiménez, Asia Matatyaho Ya’akobi, Oliver S. Dewey, Ashleigh D. Smith McWilliams, Robert J. Headrick, Jesus A. Acapulco, Lyndsey R. Scammell, Michael W. Smith, Dmitry V. Kosynkin, Daniel M. Marincel, Cheol Park, Sang-Hyon Chu, Yeshayahu Talmon, Angel A. Martí, Matteo Pasquali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30378-5

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30378-5

Similar Items