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Printable Hexagonal Boron Nitride Ionogels
Due to its excellent chemical/thermal stability and mechanical robustness, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a promising solid matrix material for ionogels. While bulk hBN ionogels have been employed in macroscopic applications such as lithium-ion batt…13
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Coupling Hexagonal Boron Nitride Quantum Emitters to Photonic Crystal Cavities
Quantum photonics technologies require a scalable approach for the integration of nonclassical light sources with photonic resonators to achieve strong light confinement and enhancement of quantum light emission. Point defects from hexagonal boron nit…13
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afer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on Cu (111)
Ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting layered materials offer great potential for extending Moore’s law of the number of transistors in an integrated circuit1. One key challenge with 2D semiconductors is to avoid the formation of charge scatt…13
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Macroscopic 3D boron nitride monolith for efficient adsorptive desulfurization
AbstractDeveloping sustainable, efficient and cost-effective materials for adsorptive desulfurization is highly important. Herein, macroscopic 3D boron nitride (BN) monolith has been controllable prepared, with commercial melamine sponge as a template…13
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Revealing multiple classes of stable quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride with correlated optical and electron microscopy
Defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibit high-brightness, room-temperature quantum emission, but their large spectral variability and unknown local structure challenge their technological utility. Here, we directly correlate hBN quantum emissi…13
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Piezoelectric Materials: Piezoelectricity in Monolayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride (Adv. Mater. 1/2020)
Monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a 2D crystal with a unique combination of properties. It is also predicted to be piezoelectric, yet experimental evidence has been lacking. In article 1905504, Francisco Guinea, Laura Fumagalli, Konstantin S.…13
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Midgap radiative centers in carbon-enriched hexagonal boron nitride
When serving as a protection tissue and/or inducing a periodic lateral modulation for/in atomically thin crystals, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has revolutionized the research on van der Waals heterostructures. By itself, hBN appears as an emergent w…13
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Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in isotope-enriched cubic boron nitride
A cool way to use isotopesThermal management of electronics requires materials that can efficiently remove heat. Several promising materials have been found recently, but diamond remains the bulk material with the highest thermal conductivity. Chen et…13
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Piezoelectricity in Monolayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Abstract2D hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a wide‐bandgap van der Waals crystal with a unique combination of properties, including exceptional strength, large oxidation resistance at high temperatures, and optical functionalities. Furthermore, in re…13
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Visibility of hexagonal boron nitride on transparent substrates
AbstractThe high transmittance and low reflectance of monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) lead to its invisibility under white-light, causing serious troubles in the search, transfer, and fabrication of 2D material devices. In this work, we demons…13
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