title: Atomic layers of hybridized boron nitride and graphene domains.
abstract: Two-dimensional materials, such as graphene and monolayer hexagonal BN (h-BN), are attractive for demonstrating fundamental physics in materials and potential applications in next-generation electronics. Atomic sheets containing hybridized bonds involving elements B, N and C over wide compositional ranges could result in new materials with properties complementary to those of graphene and h-BN, enabling a rich variety of electronic structures, properties and applications. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of large-area atomic layers of h-BNC material, consisting of hybridized, randomly distributed domains of h-BN and C phases with compositions ranging from pure BN to pure graphene. Our studies reveal that their structural features and bandgap are distinct from those of graphene, doped graphene and h-BN. This new form of hybrid h-BNC material enables the development of bandgap-engineered applications in electronics and optics and properties that are distinct from those of graphene and h-BN.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Lijie
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authors.lastname: Ci
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Chuanhong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Deep
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jariwala
authors.forename: Dangxin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yongjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Anchal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: Z F
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authors.lastname: Wang
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authors.lastname: Storr
authors.forename: Luis
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authors.lastname: Balicas
authors.forename: Feng
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Pulickel M
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authors.lastname: Ajayan