Single Crystalline Film of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Atomic Monolayer by Controlling Nucleation Seeds and Domains

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wu, Qinke ^a   Park, Ji Hoon ^b   Park, Sangwoo ^a   Jung, Seong Jun ^a   Suh, Hwansoo ^c   Park, Noejung ^d   Wongwiriyapan, Winadda ^a,b   Lee, Sungjoo ^a,b   Lee, Young Hee ^b   Song, Young Jae ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^d Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

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EID: 84946615293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16159     Document Type: Article

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