Irreversible pressure-induced transformation of boron nitride nanotubes

Saha, S and Gadagkar, V and Maiti, PK and Muthu, DVS and Golberg, D and Tang, C and Zhi, C and Bando, Y and Sood, AK (2007) Irreversible pressure-induced transformation of boron nitride nanotubes. In: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 7 (6). pp. 1810-1814.

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Abstract

We have used Raman spectroscopy to study the behavior of multi-walled boron nitride nanotubes and hexagonal boron nitride crystals under high pressure. While boron nitride nanotubes show an irreversible transformation at about 12 GPa, hexagonal boron nitride exhibits a reversible phase transition at 13 GPa. We also present molecular dynamics simulations which suggest that the irreversibility of the pressure-induced transformation in boron nitride nanotubes is due to the polar nature of the bonds between boron and nitrogen.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Publisher:	American Scientific Publishers
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Scientific Publishers.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	03 Aug 2007
Last Modified:	08 Jan 2013 06:16
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/11647

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