Fluorination and electrical conductivity of BN nanotubes

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 May 11;127(18):6552-3. doi: 10.1021/ja042388u.

Abstract

Fluorination of BN nanotubes has been performed using a catalytic growth method, which leads to the appearance of markedly curved fluorine-doped BN sheets and converts originally insulating BN nanotubes to semiconductors, as confirmed by the comparative electron transport four-probe measurements on doped and undoped individual BN nanotubes.