Covalent Surface Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanotubes Fabricated with Diazonium Salt

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:10.19em"/><col style="width:5.74em"/><col style="width:5.74em"/><col style="width:5.74em"/><col style="width:5.18em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Sample</td><td class="align_center" colspan="4">Chemical composition (at.%)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">B1s</td><td class="align_center">N1s</td><td class="align_center">C1s</td><td class="align_center">O1s</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BNNTs</td><td class="align_center">52.55</td><td class="align_center">44.65</td><td class="align_center">1.84</td><td class="align_center">0.96</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NH<sub>2</sub>Ph-BNNTs</td><td class="align_center">2.08</td><td class="align_center">3.88</td><td class="align_center">81.1</td><td class="align_center">12.93</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The concentration of each element from XPS for BNNTs and NH<sub>2</sub>Ph-BNNTs.</div>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Table 2: Covalent Surface Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanotubes Fabricated with Diazonium Salt 