title: Sonication-assisted alcoholysis of boron nitride nanotubes for their sidewalls chemical peeling.
abstract: Boron nitride (BN)-based nanomaterials attract considerable attention due to their unique properties. In this study, we found that sonication treatment of multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) in primary alcohols had led to chemical peeling of their sidewalls through alcoholysis, thereby producing boron nitride nanoribbons (BNNRs).
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan. serizawa@polymer.titech.ac.jp.
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authors.lastname: Serizawa