title: Synthesis of crystalline boron nanowires by laser ablation.
abstract: Crystalline boron nanowires with tetragonal structure have been synthesized based on laser ablation of a B/NiCo target; the nanowires are sometimes single crystals and have a droplet at one end of the nanowire; the droplet contains B, Ni and Co elements, which indicates that the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) mechanism may play a key role in the growth of the boron nanowires.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan. yj-zhang@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Yingjiu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ago
authors.forename: Motoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yumura
authors.forename: Toshiki
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authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Satoshi
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authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: Kunio
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authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Sumio
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authors.lastname: Iijima