Nano-cluster solid materials show unique physical properties depending
on the cluster structure and are considered as new functional materials.
For example, doped boron crystals are expected to be a high Tc superconductor.
We have succeeded in the preparation of a boron nano-cluster solids
with a belt-like shape by a low vacuum PLD method. The boron nano-belt
shows a tetragonal single crystal structure that is unstable for the
bulk without impurities.
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| "SEM image
showingbelt-like shape (a) and HRTEM image with a inset of electron
diffraction pattern. (b) for a boron nano-cluster solid. " |
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AIST Today Vol. 3, No. 3 (2003) 16
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No.8
Spring 2003
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