Issue 5, 2023

Unravelling the room temperature growth of two-dimensional h-BN nanosheets for multifunctional applications

Abstract

The room temperature growth of two-dimensional van der Waals (2D-vdW) materials is indispensable for state-of-the-art nanotechnology. Low temperature growth supersedes the requirement of elevated growth temperatures accompanied with high thermal budgets. Moreover, for electronic applications, low or room temperature growth reduces the possibility of intrinsic film-substrate interfacial thermal diffusion related deterioration of the functional properties and the consequent deterioration of the device performance. Here, we demonstrated the growth of ultrawide-bandgap boron nitride (BN) at room temperature by using the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) process, which exhibited various functional properties for potential applications. Comprehensive chemical, spectroscopic and microscopic characterizations confirmed the growth of ordered nanosheet-like hexagonal BN (h-BN). Functionally, the nanosheets show hydrophobicity, high lubricity (low coefficient of friction), and a low refractive index within the visible to near-infrared wavelength range, and room temperature single-photon quantum emission. Our work unveils an important step that brings a plethora of potential applications for these room temperature grown h-BN nanosheets as the synthesis can be feasible on any given substrate, thus creating a scenario for “h-BN on demand” under a frugal thermal budget.

Graphical abstract: Unravelling the room temperature growth of two-dimensional h-BN nanosheets for multifunctional applications

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 N’w 2022
Accepted
20 Yan 2023
First published
21 Yan 2023

Nanoscale Horiz., 2023,8, 641-651

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Unravelling the room temperature growth of two-dimensional h-BN nanosheets for multifunctional applications

A. Biswas, R. Maiti, F. Lee, C. Y. Chen, T. Li, A. B. Puthirath, S. A. Iyengar, C. Li, X. Zhang, H. Kannan, T. Gray, M. A. S. R. Saadi, J. Elkins, A. G. Birdwell, M. R. Neupane, P. B. Shah, D. A. Ruzmetov, T. G. Ivanov, R. Vajtai, Y. Zhao, A. L. Gaeta, M. Tripathi, A. Dalton and P. M. Ajayan, Nanoscale Horiz., 2023, 8, 641 DOI: 10.1039/D2NH00557C

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