Synthesis of large single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride grains on Cu–Ni alloy

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 6160
• Main Authors: Lu, Guangyuan, Wu, Tianru, Yuan, Qinghong, Wang, Huishan, Wang, Haomin, Ding, Feng, Xie, Xiaoming, Jiang, Mianheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.01.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/301/1023/1026; 639/301/357/1018; 639/925/927/1007; 639/925/930/1032; Boron; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Nucleation; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has attracted significant attention because of its superior properties as well as its potential as an ideal dielectric layer for graphene-based devices. The h-BN films obtained via chemical vapour deposition in earlier reports are always polycrystalline with small grai...