By themselves boron nitride nanotubes are almost as strong as carbon nanotubes, but their real advantage in a composite material comes from the way they stick strongly to the polymer.

A new coating for glass developed by Rice University researchers and collaborators could help reduce energy bills, especially ...

Scientists at Rice University have succeeded in making energy-saving window coatings from boron nitride at room temperature.

Researchers have been exploring boron nitride (BN) nanomaterials - from nanotubes to nanosheets and nanoribbons - and found similarities, but also differences to the the properties of the ...

Just as carbon makes up both the brittle core of a No. 2 pencil and the harder-than-steel diamond in a cutting tool, boron nitride gives rise to compounds that can be soft or hard. Yet, unlike ...

"Ultrahard nanotwinned cubic boron nitride," describes how researchers from the University of Chicago, the University of New Mexico, Yanshan University, Jilin University, and Hebei University of ...

An ultimate one-dimensional electronic channel in hexagonal boron nitride. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 03 / 200309093033.htm ...

In the boron nitride polycrystals synthesized by Tian and his colleagues, the nanotwin segments are just 3.8 nanometers wide on average. (A nanometer is one billionth of a meter.) ...

Diamond has long been regarded as the practical and theoretical hardness champion and has found uses ranging from industrial abrasives to a girl's best friend. Cubic boron nitride, a synthetic ...

In an elegant fusion of art and science, researchers at Rice University have achieved a major milestone in nanomaterials engineering by uncovering how boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)—touted for ...

But by sandwiching graphene between two layers of boron nitride, which also has a hexagonal pattern, a moiré pattern results. The presence of this pattern is accompanied by dramatic changes in the ...

Cubic boron nitride has a three-dimensional lattice structure and looks like a diamond at the molecular level. H-BN is thin, soft and used in cosmetics to give them a silky texture.