Nanoenergetic materials: boron nanoparticles from the pyrolysis of decaborane and their functionalisation.
The surfaces of boron nanoparticles 10-150 nm in diameter, prepared by gas phase pyrolysis of decaborane vapour at 1 atm and 700-900 degrees C, can be halogenated by treatment with Br2 or XeF2; the surface halogenation somewhat increases the onset temperature for the oxidation of the particles under O2.
Bellott
Brian J
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School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Nuzzo
Ralph G
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Girolami
Gregory S
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