Boron Carbide-Based Nanostructured Particles

Recently, boron carbide nanostructures have attracted much attention as they have certain advantages over their bulk counterparts [147]. Nanoscale ceramic fibers, nanocylinders and nanoporous structures - as do their well-known carbon counterparts - have a tremendous number of potential applications, including uses as quantum electronic materials, structural reinforcements, and ceramic membranes for use as catalyst supports or in gas separations [148]. 

In order to synthesize boron carbide nanostructures, several techniques have been developed which include CNT template-mediated growth [149-152], CVD, and plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) [147,153,154], carbothermal reductions of boron oxides [155-159], a porous alumina templating technique [160], and electrostatic 

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