Liquid crystals of neat boron nitride nanotubes and their assembly into ordered macroscopic materials

Cedric J. Simonsen Ginestra; Cecilia Martínez-Jiménez; Asia Matatyaho Ya’akobi; Oliver S. Dewey; Ashleigh D. Smith McWilliams; Robert J. Headrick; Jesus A. Acapulco; Lyndsey R. Scammell; Michael W. Smith; Dmitry V. Kosynkin; Daniel M. Marincel; Cheol Park; Sang-Hyon Chu; Yeshayahu Talmon; Angel A. Martí; Matteo Pasquali

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30378-5

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Liquid crystals of neat boron nitride nanotubes and their assembly into ordered macroscopic materials

Cedric J. Simonsen Ginestra,
Cecilia Martínez-Jiménez,
Asia Matatyaho Ya’akobi,
Oliver S. Dewey,
Ashleigh D. Smith McWilliams,
Robert J. Headrick,
Jesus A. Acapulco,
Lyndsey R. Scammell,
Michael W. Smith,
Dmitry V. Kosynkin,
Daniel M. Marincel,
Cheol Park,
Sang-Hyon Chu,
Yeshayahu Talmon,
Angel A. Martí,
Matteo Pasquali

Affiliations

Cedric J. Simonsen Ginestra: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
Cecilia Martínez-Jiménez: Department of Chemistry, Rice University
Asia Matatyaho Ya’akobi: Department of Chemical Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Oliver S. Dewey: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
Ashleigh D. Smith McWilliams: Department of Chemistry, Rice University
Robert J. Headrick: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
Jesus A. Acapulco: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
Lyndsey R. Scammell: BNNT Materials, LLC
Michael W. Smith: BNNT Materials, LLC
Dmitry V. Kosynkin: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
Daniel M. Marincel: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
Cheol Park: Advanced Materials and Processing Branch, NASA Langley Research Center
Sang-Hyon Chu: National Institute of Aerospace
Yeshayahu Talmon: Department of Chemical Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Angel A. Martí: Department of Chemistry, Rice University
Matteo Pasquali: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30378-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTS) have only been shown to dissolve in chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) at low concentrations. Here the authors successfully demonstrate the formation of liquid crystals of BNNTs in CSA that can be used to produce macroscopically aligned neat fibers of BNNTs.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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