Evolution of ordered nanoporous phases during h-BN growth: controlling the route from gas-phase precursor to 2D material by in situ monitoring

• DOI: 10.17863/cam.90139
• Publication Date: 2022-01-01
• Authors: Ruckhofer, Adrian; Sacchi, Marco; Payne, Anthony; Jardine, Andrew P; Ernst, Wolfgang E; Avidor, Nadav; Tamtögl, Anton
• Keywords: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Condensed Matter - Materials Science; 3403 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry; Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics; 34 Chemical Sciences; Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci); FOS: Physical sciences; 02 engineering and technology; Chemistry; Physics - Chemical Physics; Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); 0210 nano-technology

Diffraction measurements following the growth of h-BN, reveal intermediate long-range ordered open network structures during the formation. DFT calculations explain their nature, outlining new routes to control the synthesis of covalent 2D networks.