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Boron Nitride Nanotube

The research group lead by Assistant Professor Yoke Khin Yap has achieved the first success on growing boron nitride nanotubes on substrates. This article entitled, “Low Temperature Growth of Boron Nitride Nanotubes on Substrates,” was just published in Nano Letters, vol. 5 pp. 2528-2532 (2005). This research breakthrough has received unsolicited news coverage in Materials Today in the Research news section, page 9 of the Jan-Feb 2006 issue. Materials Today is published by Elsevier - the world's largest publisher of materials science research. An average of 15,000 copies of each issue of Materials Today will be distributed to the global materials science community. This research work will also be highlighted in a future issue of Materials Research Society Bulletin. The Materials Research Society now consists of more than 13,000 members from the United States as well as over 50 other countries.

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Yoke Khin Yap Faculty Page

Yap Research Group

Yap Group Achieves First Successful Growth of Boron Nitride Nanotubes on Substrates at Low Temperatures

Materials Physics and Laser Physics Laboratory

Nano at Michigan Tech: Science Animation Gallery: Boron Nitride Nanotube Growth