Niobium Boride Nanoparticles are generally immediately available in most volumes. Ultra high purity, high purity, submicron and nanopowder forms may be considered.American Elements produces to many standard grades when applicable, including Mil Spec (military grade); ACS, Reagent and Technical Grade; Food, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Grade; Optical Grade, USP and EP/BP (European Pharmacopoeia/British Pharmacopoeia)and follows applicable ASTM testing standards.Typical and custom packaging is available. Additional technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available as is a Reference Calculator for converting relevant units of measurement.
Niobium is a Block D, Group 5, Period 5 element. The number of electrons in each of Niobium's shells is 2, 8, 18, 12, 1 and its electronic configuration is [Kr] 4d4 5s1. In its elemental form niobium's CAS number is 7440-03-1. The niobium atom has a radius of 142.9.pm and it's Van der Waals radius is 200.pm. Some niobium compounds are considered very toxic. Niobium is the basis for various barium titanate compositions used as dielectric coatings in telecommunications and small advanced electronics, such as cell phones, pagers and laptop computers. Niobium is available as metal and compounds with purities from 99% to 99.999% (ACS grade to ultra-high purity); metals in the form of foil, sputtering target, and rod, and compounds as submicron and nanopowder. Niobium has medical research applications. It is alloyed to produce arc-welding rods and in corrosion-resistant steel. Niobium was first discovered by Charles Hatchett in 1801. The word Niobium originates from Niobe, daughter of mythical Greek king Tantalus. See Niobium research below.
Boron is a Block P, Group 13, Period 2 element. The number of electrons in each of Boron's shells is 2, 3 and its electronic configuration is [He] 2s2 2p1. In its elemental form boron's CAS number is 7440-42-8. The boron atom has a radius of 79.5.pm and it's Van der Waals radius is 200.pm. Boron is not toxic. Boron has an energy band gap of 1.50 to 1.56 eV, which is higher than that of either silicon or germanium. Optical characteristics include transmitting portions of the infrared. Boron is a poor conductor of electricity at room temperature but a good conductor at high temperature. Boron in its elemental form is not toxic. Amorphous boron is used in pyrotechnic flares to provide a distinctive green color, and in rockets as an igniter Boric acid is also an important boron compound with major markets in textile products. Boron compounds are also extensively used in the manufacture of borosilicate glasses. The isotope Boron-10 is used as a control for nuclear reactors, as a shield for nuclear radiation, and in instruments used for detecting neutrons. Boron nitride has remarkable properties and can be used to make a material as hard as diamond. The nitride also behaves like an electrical insulator but conducts heat like a metal. Boron also has lubricating properties similar to graphite. Boron was first discovered by Sir Humphry Davy and J.L Gay-Lussac in 1808. The name Boron originates from a combination of carbon and the Arabic word 'buraqu meaning borax. See Boron research below.
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Directly Hydrothermal Growth of Single Crystal Nb(3) O(7) (OH) Nanorod Film for High Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
Zhang H, Wang Y, Yang D, Li Y, Liu H, Liu P, Wood BJ, Zhao H.
Adv Mater. 2012 Feb 22. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104650. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
22354561
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups.
Gillett-Kunnath MM, Sevov SC.
J Vis Exp. 2012 Feb 11;(60). pii: 3532. doi: 10.3791/3532.
PMID:
22349121
[PubMed - in process]
A highly reduced cyanogen ligand derived from cyanide reductive coupling.
Fox AR, Cummins CC.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 27;48(25):3061-3. Epub 2012 Feb 17.
PMID:
22343665
[PubMed - in process]
Diffusion and segregation of niobium in fcc-nickel.
Connétable D, Ter-Ovanessian B, Andrieu E.
J Phys Condens Matter. 2012 Mar 7;24(9):095010. Epub 2012 Feb 9.
PMID:
22322788
[PubMed - in process]
Measurement of mass attenuation coefficients of Rhizophora spp. binderless particleboards in the 16.59-25.26keV photon energy range and their density profile using x-ray computed tomography.
Marashdeh MW, Bauk S, Tajuddin AA, Hashim R.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2012 Apr;70(4):656-62. Epub 2012 Jan 20.
PMID:
22304963
[PubMed - in process]
Syntheses and Structures of Sc(2)Nb(4-x)Sn(5), YNb(6)Sn(6), and ErNb(6)Sn(5): Exploratory Studies in Ternary Rare-Earth Niobium Stannides.
Yue CY, Lei XW.
Inorg Chem. 2012 Feb 20;51(4):2461-71. Epub 2012 Feb 2.
PMID:
22300353
[PubMed - in process]
Highly efficient catalysts for Co(ii/iii) redox couples in dye-sensitized solar cells.
Wang L, Diau EW, Wu M, Lu HP, Ma T.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 8;48(20):2600-2. Epub 2012 Feb 1.
PMID:
22294206
[PubMed - in process]
Seeded growth induced amorphous to crystalline transformation of niobium oxide nanostructures.
Jana S, Rioux RM.
Nanoscale. 2012 Mar 7;4(5):1782-8. Epub 2012 Jan 30.
PMID:
22286141
[PubMed - in process]
Adhesive Bonding of Ti-6Al-7Nb Alloy and Component Metals with Acidic Primers and a Tri-n-butylborane Initiated Resin.
Koizumi H, Naito K, Ishii T, Yamashita M, Yoneyama T, Matsumura H.
J Adhes Dent. 2012 Jan 11. doi: 10.3290/j.jad.a22712. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
22282753
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Low-loss terahertz metamaterial from superconducting niobium nitride films.
Zhang CH, Wu JB, Jin BB, Ji ZM, Kang L, Xu WW, Chen J, Tonouchi M, Wu PH.
Opt Express. 2012 Jan 2;20(1):42-7. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.000042.
PMID:
22274327
[PubMed - in process]
Synthesis and characterization of InNbO? nanopowder for gas sensors.
Balamurugan C, Vijayakumar E, Subramania A.
Talanta. 2012 Jan 15;88:115-20. Epub 2011 Nov 26.
PMID:
22265476
[PubMed - in process]
Synthesis, characterization and biological activity of a niobium-substituted-heteropolytungstate on hepatitis B virus.
Zhang H, Qi Y, Ding Y, Wang J, Li Q, Zhang J, Jiang Y, Chi X, Li J, Niu J.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2012 Feb 15;22(4):1664-9. Epub 2012 Jan 2.
PMID:
22264474
[PubMed - in process]
The mechanism of hydroaminoalkylation catalyzed by group 5 metal binaphtholate complexes.
Reznichenko AL, Hultzsch KC.
J Am Chem Soc. 2012 Feb 15;134(6):3300-11. Epub 2012 Feb 7.
PMID:
22264172
[PubMed - in process]
cyclo-Tetra-?-oxido-tetra-kis-[(acetyl-acetonato-?O,O')bis-(ethano-lato-?O)niobium(V)].
Herbst L, Visser HG, Roodt A, Muller TJ.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Dec 1;67(Pt 12):m1669-70. Epub 2011 Nov 5.
PMID:
22199493
[PubMed - in process]
Asymmetric Split-Vacancy Defects in SiC Polytypes: A Combined Theoretical and Electron Spin Resonance Study.
Ivády V, Gällström A, Son NT, Janzén E, Gali A.
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Nov 4;107(19):195501. Epub 2011 Nov 2.
PMID:
22181623
[PubMed - in process]
New iso-propoxides, tert-butoxides and neo-pentoxides of niobium(V): synthesis, structure, characterization and stabilization by trifluoroheteroarylalkenolates and pyridine ligands.
Appel L, Fiz R, Tyrra W, Mathur S.
Dalton Trans. 2012 Feb 21;41(7):1981-90. Epub 2011 Dec 16.
PMID:
22180863
[PubMed - in process]
Structural, electronic and magnetic effects of Al-doped niobium clusters: a density functional theory study.
Wang HQ, Li HF, Wang JX, Kuang XY.
J Mol Model. 2011 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
22146984
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
The microwave cavity perturbation technique for contact-free and in situ electrical conductivity measurements in catalysis and materials science.
Eichelbaum M, Stösser R, Karpov A, Dobner CK, Rosowski F, Trunschke A, Schlögl R.
Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012 Jan 21;14(3):1302-12. Epub 2011 Dec 7.
PMID:
22146931
[PubMed - in process]
Hydrolysis of disaccharides over solid acid catalysts under green conditions.
Marzo M, Gervasini A, Carniti P.
Carbohydr Res. 2012 Jan 10;347(1):23-31. Epub 2011 Oct 17.
PMID:
22127325
[PubMed - in process]
Enhanced Photon Generation in a Nb/n-InGaAs/p-InP Superconductor/Semiconductor-Diode Light Emitting Device.
Sasakura H, Kuramitsu S, Hayashi Y, Tanaka K, Akazaki T, Hanamura E, Inoue R, Takayanagi H, Asano Y, Hermannstädter C, Kumano H, Suemune I.
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Oct 7;107(15):157403. Epub 2011 Oct 6.
PMID:
22107319
[PubMed - in process]
Recent Research & Development for Boride
Effects of heat treatment on evolution of microstructure of boron free and boron containing biomedical Ti-13Zr-13Nb alloys.
Majumdar P.
Micron. 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
22459252
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Boron oxynitride nanoclusters on tungsten trioxide as a metal-free cocatalyst for photocatalytic oxygen evolution from water splitting.
Xie YP, Liu G, Lu GQ, Cheng HM.
Nanoscale. 2012 Feb 21;4(4):1267-70. Epub 2012 Jan 13.
PMID:
22241455
[PubMed - in process]
Effect of the disinfection agents chlorine, UV irradiation, silver ions, and TiO2 nanoparticles/near-UV on DNA molecules.
Van Aken B, Lin LS.
Water Sci Technol. 2011;64(6):1226-32.
PMID:
22214074
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Crystal structure refinement and bonding patterns of CrB4: a boron-rich boride with a framework of tetrahedrally coordinated B atoms.
Knappschneider A, Litterscheid C, Kurzman J, Seshadri R, Albert B.
Inorg Chem. 2011 Nov 7;50(21):10540-2. Epub 2011 Oct 10.
PMID:
21985336
[PubMed]
Tailored materials for high-performance MgB(2) wire.
Kim JH, Oh S, Kumakura H, Matsumoto A, Heo YU, Song KS, Kang YM, Maeda M, Rindfleisch M, Tomsic M, Choi S, Dou SX.
Adv Mater. 2011 Nov 9;23(42):4942-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201101243. Epub 2011 Sep 28. No abstract available.
PMID:
21956864
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Synthesis, characterization, and electronic structure of new type of heterometallic boride clusters.
Bose SK, Geetharani K, Sahoo S, Reddy KH, Varghese B, Jemmis ED, Ghosh S.
Inorg Chem. 2011 Oct 3;50(19):9414-22. Epub 2011 Aug 29.
PMID:
21875060
[PubMed]
Scaffolding, ladders, chains, and rare ferrimagnetism in intermetallic borides: synthesis, crystal chemistry and magnetism.
Goerens C, Brgoch J, Miller GJ, Fokwa BP.
Inorg Chem. 2011 Jul 4;50(13):6289-96. Epub 2011 Jun 2.
PMID:
21634389
[PubMed]
Wet-chemical synthesis of nanoscale iron boride, XAFS analysis and crystallisation to a-FeB.
Rades S, Kornowski A, Weller H, Albert B.
Chemphyschem. 2011 Jun 20;12(9):1756-60. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201001072. Epub 2011 May 12.
PMID:
21567704
[PubMed]
Nickel bis-muth boride, Ni(23-x)Bi(x)B(6) [x = 2.44 (1)].
Berthebaud D, Sato A, Mori T.
Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2011 Jan 15;67(Pt 2):i17.
PMID:
21522814
[PubMed]
Thermal and stress studies of normal incidence Mo/B4C multilayers for a 6.7 nm wavelength.
Barthelmess M, Bajt S.
Appl Opt. 2011 Apr 10;50(11):1610-9. doi: 10.1364/AO.50.001610.
PMID:
21478937
[PubMed]
New nickel gallium boride, B14Ga3Ni27: synthesis and crystal structure.
Tillard M, Belin C.
Inorg Chem. 2011 May 2;50(9):3907-12. Epub 2011 Apr 6.
PMID:
21469649
[PubMed]
A general solution route toward metal boride nanocrystals.
Portehault D, Devi S, Beaunier P, Gervais C, Giordano C, Sanchez C, Antonietti M.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Mar 28;50(14):3262-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201006810. Epub 2011 Feb 25. No abstract available.
PMID:
21432954
[PubMed]
Complete titanium substitution by boron in a tetragonal prism: exploring the complex boride series Ti(3-x)Ru(5-y)Ir(y)B(2+x) (0 = x = 1 and 1 < y < 3) by experiment and theory.
Fokwa BP, Hermus M.
Inorg Chem. 2011 Apr 18;50(8):3332-41. Epub 2011 Mar 23.
PMID:
21428308
[PubMed - in process]
Two-dimensional intrinsic ferromagnetism at nitride-boride interfaces.
Gohda Y, Tsuneyuki S.
Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Jan 28;106(4):047201. Epub 2011 Jan 25.
PMID:
21405354
[PubMed]
A General Solution Route toward Metal Boride Nanocrystals.
Portehault D, Devi S, Beaunier P, Gervais C, Giordano C, Sanchez C, Antonietti M.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2011 Mar 7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201101207. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID:
21384481
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
LiB(12) PC, the First Boron-Rich Metal Boride with Phosphorus-Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Hardness, Spectroscopic Investigations.
Vojteer N, Sagawe V, Stauffer J, Schroeder M, Hillebrecht H.
Chemistry. 2011 Feb 9. doi: 10.1002/chem.201002968. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID:
21308812
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Effects of laser pulsing on analysis of steels by atom probe tomography.
Liu F, Andrén HO.
Ultramicroscopy. 2011 May;111(6):633-41. Epub 2010 Dec 19.
PMID:
21239116
[PubMed]
Binary boron-rich borides of magnesium: single-crystal investigations and properties of MgB(7) and the new boride Mg(~5)B(44).
Pediaditakis A, Schroeder M, Sagawe V, Ludwig T, Hillebrecht H.
Inorg Chem. 2010 Dec 6;49(23):10882-93. Epub 2010 Nov 2.
PMID:
21043472
[PubMed]
A photoelectrochemical immunosensor based on Au-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays for the detection of a-synuclein.
An Y, Tang L, Jiang X, Chen H, Yang M, Jin L, Zhang S, Wang C, Zhang W.
Chemistry. 2010 Dec 27;16(48):14439-46.
PMID:
21038326
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Study on boron-film thermal neutron converter prepared by pulsed laser deposition.
Song ZF, Ye SZ, Chen ZY, Song L, Shen J.
Appl Radiat Isot. 2011 Feb;69(2):443-7. Epub 2010 Sep 25.
PMID:
20951052
[PubMed]
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Niobium Boride Nanoparticles are generally immediately available in most volumes. Ultra high purity, high purity, submicron and nanopowder forms may be considered.American Elements produces to many standard grades when applicable, including Mil Spec (military grade); ACS, Reagent and Technical Grade; Food, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Grade; Optical Grade, USP and EP/BP (European Pharmacopoeia/British Pharmacopoeia)and follows applicable ASTM testing standards.Typical and custom packaging is available. Additional technical, research and safety (MSDS) information is available as is a Reference Calculator for converting relevant units of measurement.
and small advanced electronics, such as cell phones, pagers and laptop computers. Niobium is available as metal and compounds
with purities from 99% to 99.999% (ACS grade to ultra-high purity); metals in the form of foil, sputtering target, and rod, and compounds as submicron and nanopowder. Niobium has medical research applications. It is alloyed to produce arc-welding rods and in corrosion-resistant steel. Niobium was first discovered by Charles Hatchett in 1801. The word Niobium originates from Niobe, daughter of mythical Greek king Tantalus. See Niobium research below.
Boron is a Block P, Group 13, Period 2 element. The number of electrons in each of Boron's shells is 2, 3 and its electronic configuration is [He] 2s2 2p1. In its elemental form boron's CAS number is 7440-42-8. The boron atom has a radius of 79.5.pm and it's Van der Waals radius is 200.pm. Boron is not toxic. Boron has an energy band gap of 1.50 to 1.56 eV, which is higher than that of either silicon or germanium. Optical characteristics include transmitting portions of the infrared. Boron is a poor conductor of electricity at room temperature but a good conductor at high temperature. Boron in its elemental form is not toxic. Amorphous 
boron is used in pyrotechnic flares to provide a distinctive green color, and in rockets as an igniter Boric acid is also an important boron compound with major markets in textile products. Boron compounds are also extensively used in the manufacture of borosilicate 
glasses. The isotope Boron-10 is used as a control for nuclear reactors, as a shield for nuclear radiation, and in instruments used for detecting neutrons. Boron nitride has remarkable properties and can be used to make a material as hard as diamond. The nitride also behaves like an electrical insulator but conducts heat like a metal. Boron also has lubricating properties similar to graphite. Boron was first discovered by Sir Humphry Davy and J.L Gay-Lussac in 1808. The name Boron originates from a combination of carbon and the Arabic word 'buraqu meaning borax. See Boron research below. 
