New Microscope Makes an Invisible 2D Material Visible

A new microscopy technique allows scientists to see single-atom-thick boron nitride by making it glow under infrared light.
Science Daily

Toward 2-D devices: Single-atom-thick patterns combine conductor and insulator

Scientists have created a process to make patterns in atom-thick layers that combine a conductor -- graphene -- and an insulator -- hexagonal boron nitride. The process may lead to new possibilities ...
Nature

Atom-by-atom structural and chemical analysis by annular dark-field electron microscopy

Individual boron and nitrogen atoms are clearly distinguished by their intensity in Fig. 1. Each single hexagonal ring of the BN structure, for instance the one marked by the green circle in the ...
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Atom-thin insulator grown into perfect films

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), an insulating material only one atom thick, is suitable for industrial-scale production. It is used in semiconductor devices and enhances the performance of other 2D ...