Vv. Pokropivny et al., Boron nitride analogs of fullerenes (the fulborenes), nanotubes, and fullerites (the fulborenites), J SOL ST CH, 154(1), 2000, pp. 214-222
The molecules B12N12, B24N24 and B60N60 (named by us as fulborenes) have be
en proposed as boron nitride analogs of the fullerenes, especially B60N60 a
s the analog of C-60. Modified neglect of diatomic overlap computation was
performed to confirm their stability. Multiwalled BN nanotubes and onions w
ere produced by carbothermal synthesis. Their structure and mechanisms of g
rowth and formation were studied by TEM, X-ray spectral microanalysis, and
molecular dynamics techniques using B-B, B-N, and N-N original interatomic
potentials. Ten possible zeolite-like crystals built from these molecules (
named by us as fulborenites) were predicted, and their lattice parameters a
nd densities were calculated. Comparison with explosive experiments allow u
s to identify the simple cubic fulborenite B12N12 with intermediate phase o
f BN. New original ideas were suggested of: (i) a "hyper-diamond" based on
B12N12-fulborenite with zincblende lattice, (ii) a "superdense diamond" bas
ed on Me2B12N12-fulborenide with bcc lattice, and (iii) a quantum hypersoun
d generator based on BN nanotube. (C) 2000 Academic Press.