Benchmarking the integration of hexagonal boron nitride crystals and thin films into graphene-based van der Waals heterostructures

T Ouaj, C Arnold, J Azpeitia, S Baltic, J Barjon… - 2D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a benchmarking protocol that combines the characterization of boron nitride
(BN) crystals and films with the evaluation of the electronic properties of graphene on these …

Characterization methods dedicated to nanometer-thick hBN layers

L Schué, I Stenger, F Fossard, A Loiseau, J Barjon - 2D Materials, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has regained interest as a strategic component in graphene
engineering and in van der Waals heterostructures built with two dimensional materials. It is …

Modification of the electronic properties of hexagonal boron-nitride in BN/graphene vertical heterostructures

M Pan, L Liang, W Lin, SM Kim, Q Li, J Kong… - 2D …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures consist of isolated atomic planar structures,
assembled layer-by-layer into desired structures in a well-defined sequence. Graphene …

Excellent electronic transport in heterostructures of graphene and monoisotopic boron-nitride grown at atmospheric pressure

J Sonntag, J Li, A Plaud, A Loiseau, J Barjon… - 2D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Hexagonal boron nitride (BN), one of the very few layered insulators, plays a crucial role in
2D materials research. In particular, BN grown with a high pressure technique has proven to …

Defect mediated van der Waals epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride on graphene

M Heilmann, M Bashouti, H Riechert, JMJ Lopes - 2D Materials, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Van der Waals heterostructures comprising of hexagonal boron nitride and graphene are
promising building blocks for novel two-dimensional devices such as atomically thin …

Direct observation of the band structure in bulk hexagonal boron nitride

H Henck, D Pierucci, G Fugallo, J Avila, G Cassabois… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
A promising route towards nanodevice applications relies on the association of graphene
and transition metal dichalcogenides with hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). Due to its …

Chemically detaching hBN crystals grown at atmospheric pressure and high temperature for high-performance graphene devices

T Ouaj, L Kramme, M Metzelaars, J Li… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we report on the growth of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals from an iron
flux at atmospheric pressure and high temperature and demonstrate that (i) the entire sheet …

Measuring the dielectric and optical response of millimeter-scale amorphous and hexagonal boron nitride films grown on epitaxial graphene

AF Rigosi, HM Hill, NR Glavin, SJ Pookpanratana… - 2D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Monolayer epitaxial graphene (EG), grown on the Si face of SiC, is an advantageous
material for a variety of electronic and optical applications. EG forms as a single crystal over …

Electronic structure of exfoliated and epitaxial hexagonal boron nitride

RJ Koch, J Katoch, S Moser, D Schwarz… - Physical Review …, 2018 - APS
Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is an essential component in van der Waals heterostructures
as it provides high-quality and weakly interacting interfaces that preserve the electronic …

Impact of thermal annealing on graphene devices encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride

S Engels, B Terrés, F Klein, S Reichardt… - … status solidi (b), 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We present a thermal annealing study on single‐layer and bilayer (BLG) graphene
encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride. The samples are characterized by electron …