Comment on 'Synthesis of nanowires and nanoparticles of cubic aluminium nitride'

Contradictory claims about synthesized nanoscopic aluminium nitride material have been communicated in the same month to two different journals (Balasubramanian et al 2004 Nanotechnology 15 370; 2004 Chem. Phys. Lett. 383 188) when citing an article in Applied Physics Letters (Tondare et al 2002 App...

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Published in:Nanotechnology 2004-09, Vol.15 (9), p.1388-1389
Main Author: Tondare, V N
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Contradictory claims about synthesized nanoscopic aluminium nitride material have been communicated in the same month to two different journals (Balasubramanian et al 2004 Nanotechnology 15 370; 2004 Chem. Phys. Lett. 383 188) when citing an article in Applied Physics Letters (Tondare et al 2002 Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 4813). The contradiction arises because two different claims have been made about the synthesized nanoscopic material as aluminium nitride nanotubes and as aluminium nitride nanowires. The authors of the article published in Nanotechnology have re-interpreted the results of the field emission micrographs published in the article mentioned above (2002 Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 4813). This comment explains in detail that their re-interpretation lacks a scientific basis. It also provides a few prominent articles for the reader to refer to on the synthesis of aluminium nitride nanotubes and nanowires, which have not been cited in the articles mentioned above by Balasubramanian and co-workers.
ISSN:0957-4484
1361-6528
DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/15/9/046