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Opening of triangular hole in triangular-shaped chemical vapor deposited hexagonal boron nitride crystal.


ABSTRACT: In-plane heterostructure of monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and graphene is of great interest for its tunable bandgap and other unique properties. Here, we reveal a H2-induced etching process to introduce triangular hole in triangular-shaped chemical vapor deposited individual h-BN crystal. In this study, we synthesized regular triangular-shaped h-BN crystals with the sizes around 2-10 ?m on Cu foil by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The etching behavior of individual h-BN crystal was investigated by annealing at different temperature in an H2:Ar atmosphere. Annealing at 900 °C, etching of h-BN was observed from crystal edges with no visible etching at the center of individual crystals. While, annealing at a temperature ? 950 °C, highly anisotropic etching was observed, where the etched areas were equilateral triangle-shaped with same orientation as that of original h-BN crystal. The etching process and well-defined triangular hole formation can be significant platform to fabricate planar heterostructure with graphene or other two-dimensional (2D) materials.

SUBMITTER: Sharma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4650756 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Opening of triangular hole in triangular-shaped chemical vapor deposited hexagonal boron nitride crystal.

Sharma Subash S   Kalita Golap G   Vishwakarma Riteshkumar R   Zulkifli Zurita Z   Tanemura Masaki M  

Scientific reports 20150521


In-plane heterostructure of monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and graphene is of great interest for its tunable bandgap and other unique properties. Here, we reveal a H2-induced etching process to introduce triangular hole in triangular-shaped chemical vapor deposited individual h-BN crystal. In this study, we synthesized regular triangular-shaped h-BN crystals with the sizes around 2-10 μm on Cu foil by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The etching behavior of individual h-BN crystal was  ...[more]

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