Background High-temperature heaters have many applications, including the high-temperature processing of materials. As fossil fuel burners, such as natural gas burners, are replaced with renewable alternatives, the number of applications will increase. Conventional high temperature electrical heaters have been based on silicon carbide or molybdenum...

Metal diboride nanomaterials have recently garnered interest due to their promising applications. Theoretical treatments have predicted that these boron compounds could provide novel electronic properties and in some cases, electrical conductivity that exceeds that of carbon nanotubes. Additionally, these materials are likely to exhibit extreme temperature...