Nature Materials – Atomic layers of hybridized boron nitride and graphene domains Two-dimensional materials, such as graphene and monolayer hexagonal BN (h-BN), are attractive for demonstrating ...

Graphene -- a sheet of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal, chicken wire structure -- could someday make electronic devices smaller, faster and more energy-efficient. Researchers have demonstrated ...

A new coating for glass developed by Rice University researchers and collaborators could help reduce energy bills, especially ...

Missing nitrogen atoms have been suggested to be the atomic structure responsible for this activity, but it is difficult to controllably remove them.

Stable sheet: in this illustration of the atomic structure of double layer borophene, all spheres are boron, with the pink spheres specifically involved in bonding between the layers. (Courtesy: ...

Even though some scientists have managed to grow boron nanotubes, the nature of their structure is unknown. Different theories have been proposed regarding boron nanotube make-up, but they often ...

“Here, we use atomic-resolution scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and field-emission resonance (FER) spectroscopy to elucidate the structure and properties of atomically thin boron phases ...

Researchers from Brown University have shown experimentally that a boron-based competitor to graphene is a very real possibility.

The graphene/boron-nitride heterostructure appears to have properties that are amenable to engineering. Developing future technology based on these materials may depend on discovering and harnessing ...

This illustration depicts the atomic structure of double-layer borophene. In this image, all atoms are boron, with the pink boron atoms specifically involved in bonding between the layers.