Synthesis of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer: Control of Nucleation and Crystal Morphology

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 8041-8047

  Stehle, Yijing ^a   Meyer, Harry M ^a   Unocic, Raymond R ^a   Kidder, Michelle ^a   Polizos, Georgios ^a   Datskos, Panos G ^a   Jackson, Roderick ^a   Smirnov, Sergei N ^b   Vlassiouk, Ivan V ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BORON NITRIDE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; MONOLAYERS; NITRIDES; NUCLEATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER SUBSTRATES; COPPER SURFACE; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); NUCLEATION PROCESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 84949635638     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03607     Document Type: Article

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