The first use of diatom frustules as shape-dictating 3-D templates for the syntheses of nanostructured, nanocrystalline micro-particles of a non-oxide ceramic, boron nitride, is demonstrated.
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Formation of nanostructured, nanocrystalline boron nitride microparticles with diatom-derived 3-D shapes
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U. Kusari - University of Pennsylvania
Z. Bao - Georgia Institute of Technology
Y. Cai - Georgia Institute of Technology
G. Ahmad - Georgia Institute of Technology
K. H. Sandhage - Georgia Institute of Technology
L. G. Sneddon - University of Pennsylvania
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Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (11), pp.1177-1179