Northern Illinois University

Narayan S Hosmane

Amartya Chakrabarti

Shena M Peter

Bernard F Spielvogel

BN nanosheets are prepared by a method comprising heating to a temperature of at least 500&#xb0; C., a mixture comprising: (1) an alkali borohydride, and (2) an ammonium salt. NaNmay be included to increase the yield. No catalyst is required, and the product produced contains less than 0.1 atomic percent metal impurities.

Boron nitride and method of producing boron nitride

A method of producing graphene comprises forming a composition comprising magnesium and carbon, and isolating graphene from the composition. The isolated graphene is crystalline.

Crystalline graphene and method of making crystalline graphene

A polyhedral borane cluster consists essentially of a fused polyhedron including an open decaborane cage fused to a closed dodecaborane cluster wherein borane atoms are not an integral part of the cluster vertices. The polyhedral borane cluster can be contained within a biomolecule for use as a neutron capture reagent. A method of synthesizing the polyhedral borane cluster includes the step of fusing an open decaborane cage to a closed dodecaborane cluster.

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DeKalb, IL, United States of America

Narayan S Hosmane