The work is published in the journal Nature Communications. The material, called hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), is used in semiconductor devices and can also enhance the performance of other two ...

Transition metals have long been used as catalysts to activate small molecules and turn them into valuable products. However, as these metals can be expensive and less abundant, scientists are ...

Boron nitride (BN) based ceramic composites are gaining attention in materials science due to their unique mechanical properties and thermal stability. These composites are particularly useful in ...

An infrared microscope designed by a University of Iowa team led by Thomas Folland helped produce information that could help ...

A breakthrough in decoding the growth process of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), a 2D material, and its nanostructures on metal substrates could pave the way for more efficient electronics ...

Researchers reveal that plasmons in boron-doped diamonds are driving advances in electronics, optics and quantum computing.

In quantum physics, subatomic particles behave strangely—they can be in two places simultaneously, move through solid objects ...

“This happens regardless of the specific properties of the 2D material. So, whether you use semiconducting MoS2, semi-metal graphene, or insulator h-BN [hexagonal boron nitride], they can play ...

The modified material was then exposed to flowing ammonia at 1000 °C, which resulted in sodium-doped amorphous silicon-boron-nitride (Na-doped SiBN). Using cutting-edge spectroscopic techniques ...