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Nanoscale oxygen generators: MgO2-based fillings of BN nanotubes
Golberg, Dmitri,Bando, Yoshio,Fushimi, Keita,Mitome, Masanori,Bourgeois, Laure,Tang, Cheng-Chun
, p. 8726 - 8729 (2003)
Boron nitride (BN) nanotubes having only tens of nanometers in diameter and open tip-ends were uniformly filled with a MgO2-based material. The crystal structures and chemical compositions of the tubes and filling media were analyzed using high-resolution and energy-filtered electron microscopy, electron diffraction, electron energy loss, and energy dispersion X-ray spectroscopy. A low melting point (~88°C) and easy decomposition of the filling inside the tubes under moderate heating, e.g., during in-situ electron irradiation in an electron microscope, and/or just during room temperature aging, may generate a spatially localized oxygen outflow from the nanotubes. The MgO2-filled material is uniquely characterized by a stable oxygen release rate with long release term. Thus the first nanotube-based oxygen generator has been realized.