For more than seven decades, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has been employed as an
inert, thermally stable engineering ceramic; since 2010, it has also been used as the optimal …

The sp2-bonded layered compound boron nitride (BN) exists in more than a handful of
different polytypes (ie, different layer stacking sequences) with similar formation energies …

Hexagonal boron nitride is a large band-gap insulating material which complements the
electronic and optical properties of graphene and the transition metal dichalcogenides …

The unique physical, mechanical, chemical, optical, and electronic properties of hexagonal
boron nitride (hBN) make it a promising 2D material for electronic, optoelectronic …

Electron-phonon interactions are key to understanding the dynamics of electrons in
materials and can be modeled accurately from first principles. However, when electrons and …

Hexagonal boron nitride is a model lamellar compound where weak, non-local van der
Waals interactions ensure the vertical stacking of two-dimensional honeycomb lattices made …

The optical response of 2D materials and their heterostructures is the subject of intense
research with advanced investigation of the luminescence properties in devices made of …

The nature of point defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is of current interest for the
potential to alter its optical and electrical properties. The strong interaction between neutrons …

The highest quality hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals are grown from molten solutions.
For hBN crystal growth at atmospheric pressure, typically the solvent is a combination of two …

The presence of metastable Bernal stacking boron nitride is verified by combining second
harmonic generation (SHG) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The scanning …