title: Fabrication of Boron Nitride Nanosheets by Exfoliation.
abstract: Nanomaterials with layered structures, with their intriguing properties, are of great research interest nowadays. As one of the primary two-dimensional nanomaterials, the hexagonal boron nitride nanosheet (BNNS, also called white graphene), which is an analogue of graphene, possesses various attractive properties, such as high intrinsic thermal conductivity, excellent chemical and thermal stability, and electrical insulation properties. After being discovered, it has been one of the most intensively studied two-dimensional non-carbon nanomaterials and has been applied in a wide range of applications. To support the exploration of applications of BNNSs, exfoliation, as one of the most promising approaches to realize large-scale production of BNNSs, has been intensively investigated. In this review, methods to yield BNNSs by exfoliation will be summarized and compared with other potential fabrication methods of BNNSs. In addition, the future prospects of the exfoliation of h-BN will also be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zijie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Minshen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zengxia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hongfei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chenxi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.|Shenzhen Research Institute City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Chunyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhi
mesh_terms: D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite
keywords: boron nitride nanosheets; exfoliation; materials science; nanostructures; two-dimensional nanomaterials