Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth and Characterization of Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride

• Main Author: Tay, Roland Yingjie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Chemical engineering.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.

This thesis focuses on the growth of a new type of two-dimensional (2D) material known as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). It also presents several significant breakthroughs in the authors' understanding of the growth mechanism and development of new growth...

Table of Contents:

• Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Hexagonal Boron Nitride
• Literature Review
• Controllable Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Films on Cu Foils
• Growth of Nanocrystalline Boron Nitride Films on Dielectric Substrates
• Growth of Large Single Crystalline Monolayer Boron Nitride Hexagons
• Growth of Oriented Single Crystalline Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayers
• A New Single-Source Precursor for Monolayer h-BN and h-BCN Thin Films
• Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Work.