Pulsed laser deposition of single layer, hexagonal boron nitride (white graphene, h-BN) on fiber-oriented Ag(111)/SrTiO 3 (001)
Abstract
Here, we report on the growth of 1–10 ML films of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), also known as white graphene, on fiber-oriented Ag buffer films on SrTiO3(001) by pulsed laser deposition. The Ag buffer films of 40 nm thickness were used as substitutes for expensive single crystal metallic substrates. In-situ, reflection high-energy electron diffraction was used to monitor the surface structure of the Ag films and to observe the formation of the characteristic h-BN diffraction pattern. Further evidence of the growth of h-BN was provided by attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy, which showed the characteristic h-BN peaks at ~780 cm–1 and 1367.4 cm–1. Ex-situ photoelectron spectroscopy showed that the surface of the h-BN films is stoichiometric. The physical structure of the films was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. The h-BN films grew as large, sub-millimeter sheets with nano- and micro-sheets scattered on the surface. The h-BN sheets can be exfoliated by the micromechanical adhesive tape method. Spectral analysis was performed by energy dispersive spectroscopy in order to identify the h-BN sheets after exfoliation. The use of thin film Ag allows for reduced use of Ag and makes it possible to adjust the surface morphology of the thin film prior to h-BNmore »
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- Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago. IL (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
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- OSTI ID: 1240305; OSTI ID: 1470314
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- Journal of Applied Physics
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- Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 119 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
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- American Institute of Physics
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- United States
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- English
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- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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Velázquez, Daniel, Seibert, Rachel, Man, Hamdi, Spentzouris, Linda, and Terry, Jeff. Pulsed laser deposition of single layer, hexagonal boron nitride (white graphene, h-BN) on fiber-oriented Ag(111)/SrTiO 3 (001). United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4943174.
Velázquez, Daniel, Seibert, Rachel, Man, Hamdi, Spentzouris, Linda, & Terry, Jeff. Pulsed laser deposition of single layer, hexagonal boron nitride (white graphene, h-BN) on fiber-oriented Ag(111)/SrTiO 3 (001). United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943174
Velázquez, Daniel, Seibert, Rachel, Man, Hamdi, Spentzouris, Linda, and Terry, Jeff. Mon .
"Pulsed laser deposition of single layer, hexagonal boron nitride (white graphene, h-BN) on fiber-oriented Ag(111)/SrTiO 3 (001)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943174.
@article{osti_1245501,
title = {Pulsed laser deposition of single layer, hexagonal boron nitride (white graphene, h-BN) on fiber-oriented Ag(111)/SrTiO 3 (001)},
author = {Velázquez, Daniel and Seibert, Rachel and Man, Hamdi and Spentzouris, Linda and Terry, Jeff},
abstractNote = {Here, we report on the growth of 1–10 ML films of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), also known as white graphene, on fiber-oriented Ag buffer films on SrTiO3(001) by pulsed laser deposition. The Ag buffer films of 40 nm thickness were used as substitutes for expensive single crystal metallic substrates. In-situ, reflection high-energy electron diffraction was used to monitor the surface structure of the Ag films and to observe the formation of the characteristic h-BN diffraction pattern. Further evidence of the growth of h-BN was provided by attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy, which showed the characteristic h-BN peaks at ~780 cm–1 and 1367.4 cm–1. Ex-situ photoelectron spectroscopy showed that the surface of the h-BN films is stoichiometric. The physical structure of the films was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. The h-BN films grew as large, sub-millimeter sheets with nano- and micro-sheets scattered on the surface. The h-BN sheets can be exfoliated by the micromechanical adhesive tape method. Spectral analysis was performed by energy dispersive spectroscopy in order to identify the h-BN sheets after exfoliation. The use of thin film Ag allows for reduced use of Ag and makes it possible to adjust the surface morphology of the thin film prior to h-BN growth.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4943174},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 9,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4943174
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