High-Performance Materials Institute

A team of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers at the High-Performance Materials Institute have completed a novel study on the extreme temperature thermal stability of purified boron nitride nanotubes, also known as BNNTs. The discovery has applications in everything from deep space travel to medicine delivery systems, including electronics.

BNNTs have been studied extensively, but no one has determined the decomposition mechanism, according to the researchers. The group analzyed the properties of BNNTs in an inert atmosphere similar to the conditions used in the manufacturing process for high-temperature nanocomposites.

Rebekah Sweat, an assistant professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering at the college, worked with lead author Mehul Tank. Engineering graduate students, as well as with scientists from the BNNT Materials—Ana De Leon, Aspen Reyes, Jin Gyu Park, Lyndsey Scammell, and Michael Smith—collaborated with Sweat and Tank on the project. The study was supported by Florida State University Faculty-Affiliated startup funds from the Office of Commercialization and BNNT Materials.

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