Researchers have demonstrated proof of principle for a twisting technique using graphene/boron nitride heterostructures. They showed that their technique can control the rotation of the graphene, and ...

Polymer nanocomposites are advanced materials with a polymer matrix reinforced with nanoscale fillers or additives. These fillers, typically nanoparticles, have at least one dimension less than 100 ...

BN is a well-known electrical insulator with a wide band gap of about 5.97 eV. It has a coated plane surface and a highly stable structure. Its extraordinary interface properties and low coulomb ...

(Nanowerk News) Just as carbon makes up both the brittle core of a No. 2 pencil and the harder-than-steel diamond in a cutting tool, boron nitride gives rise to compounds that can be soft or hard. Yet ...

Boron nitride-based ceramic composites have emerged as a promising class of advanced materials that integrate the unique characteristics of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) with the robustness of ...

Boron Nitride (BN) exhibits multiple polymorphic forms, with hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and cubic boron nitride (c-BN) being the most significant. h-BN is known for its graphite-like layered ...

A new technical paper titled “On the quality of commercial chemical vapour deposited hexagonal boron nitride” was published by researchers at KAUST and the National Institute for Materials Science in ...

Chemical engineers have discovered a photocatalyst that can destroy 99% of the 'forever' chemical PFOA in laboratory tests on polluted water. Researchers showed the boron nitride catalyst also ...

Scientists report that treatment with a superacid causes boron nitride layers to separate into atomically thick sheets, while creating binding sites on the surface of these sheets that provide ...

Osaka, Japan – Magnetite is a type of iron oxide with the chemical formula Fe 3 O 4. It has many interesting properties that make it the focus of research for use in spintronics devices. Researchers ...

Electronics engineers continually look for better insulating materials to use in their projects. Finding the right ones leads to a longer product lifespan, along with improved performance and reduced ...