Mechanical properties of atomically thin boron nitride and the role of interlayer interactions

Aleksey Falin; Qiran Cai; Elton J.G. Santos; Declan Scullion; Dong Qian; Rui Zhang; Zhi Yang; Shaoming Huang; Kenji Watanabe; Takashi Taniguchi; Matthew R. Barnett; Ying Chen; Rodney S. Ruoff; Lu Hua Li

doi:10.1038/ncomms15815

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Mechanical properties of atomically thin boron nitride and the role of interlayer interactions

Aleksey Falin,
Qiran Cai,
Elton J.G. Santos,
Declan Scullion,
Dong Qian,
Rui Zhang,
Zhi Yang,
Shaoming Huang,
Kenji Watanabe,
Takashi Taniguchi,
Matthew R. Barnett,
Ying Chen,
Rodney S. Ruoff,
Lu Hua Li

Affiliations

Aleksey Falin: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Qiran Cai: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Elton J.G. Santos: School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
Declan Scullion: School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast
Dong Qian: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas
Rui Zhang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas
Zhi Yang: Nanomaterials and Chemistry Key Laboratory, Wenzhou University
Shaoming Huang: Nanomaterials and Chemistry Key Laboratory, Wenzhou University
Kenji Watanabe: National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Taniguchi: National Institute for Materials Science
Matthew R. Barnett: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Ying Chen: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
Rodney S. Ruoff: Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
Lu Hua Li: Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15815
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Atomically thin boron nitride remains undercharacterized in terms of their mechanical properties. Here authors test high-quality mono- and few-layer BN and show it to be one of the strongest electrically insulating materials and dramatically better in interlayer integrity than graphene under indentation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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