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ArticleACS nano2017

Introducing Overlapping Grain Boundaries in Chemical Vapor Deposited Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer Films.

Bernhard C Bayer, Sabina Caneva, Timothy J Pennycook, Jani Kotakoski, Clemens Mangler, Stephan Hofmann, Jannik C Meyer

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Article in ACS nano, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Bernhard C BayerFaculty of Physics, University of Vienna , Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4829-3207
Sabina CanevaDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge , 9 J.J. Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FA, Cambridge, U.K.
Timothy J PennycookFaculty of Physics, University of Vienna , Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Jani KotakoskiFaculty of Physics, University of Vienna , Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1301-5266
Clemens ManglerFaculty of Physics, University of Vienna , Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Stephan HofmannDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge , 9 J.J. Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FA, Cambridge, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-6375-1459
Jannik C MeyerFaculty of Physics, University of Vienna , Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-4023-0778

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European Research Council 279342
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Abstract

We demonstrate the growth of overlapping grain boundaries in continuous, polycrystalline hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) monolayer films via scalable catalytic chemical vapor deposition. Unlike the commonly reported atomically stitched grain boundaries, these overlapping grain boundaries do not consist of defect lines within the monolayer films but are composed of self-sealing bilayer regions of limited width. We characterize this overlapping h-BN grain boundary structure in detail by complementary (scanning) transmission electron microscopy techniques and propose a catalytic growth mechanism linked to the subsurface/bulk of the process catalyst and its boron and nitrogen solubilities. Our data suggest that the overlapping grain boundaries are comparatively resilient against deleterious pinhole formation associated with grain boundary defect lines and thus may reduce detrimental breakdown effects when polycrystalline h-BN monolayer films are used as ultrathin dielectrics, barrier layers, or separation membranes.

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2D materialsaberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopychemical vapor depositiongrain boundaryhexagonal boron nitride

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PMCPMC5444048

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