Fringe structures and tunable bandgap width of 2D boron nitride nanosheets

• Peter Feng,
• Muhammad Sajjad,
• Eric Yiming Li,
• Hongxin Zhang,
• Jin Chu,
• Ali Aldalbahi and
• Gerardo Morell

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1186–1192, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.130

• , simple treatments with hydrogen gas do not affect the bandgap width of the BNNSs. Keywords: boron nitride sheets; fringe patterns; functionalization; tunable bandgap width; Introduction The recent successful investigation of graphene has stimulated interest in atomically thin boron nitride sheets [1][2

• ordered fringe patterns can be identified with increased resolution of TEM. Highly ordered fringe structures at the edge are related to atomic layers thickness. In contrast in high-temperature condition, the most samples appear curved. Plenty of unusual curved or curled structures have been observed