Boron nitride (BN) is a versatile material with applications in a variety of engineering and scientific fields. This is largely due to an interesting property of BN called "polymorphism," ...

The importance of the energy and electronics sectors for modern society pose two worldwide challenges. First, in the context of materials security, almost all modern electronics devices depend on ...

The development and understanding of efficient catalysts based on isolated metal centers stabilized on suitable hosts is a challenging task that has sparked the imagination of researchers worldwide.

Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) exhibits unique electronic properties, such as a wide bandgap, low dielectric constant, high thermal conductivity and chemical inertness. In contrast to other nitride ...

Graphene Flagship scientists based at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, have created a device based on a blilayer of graphene and boron nitride which shows unprecedented spin transport ...

Diamond has long been regarded as the practical and theoretical hardness champion and has found uses ranging from industrial abrasives to a girl’s best friend. Cubic boron nitride, a synthetic ...

Researchers found that twisting layered sheets of hexagonal boron nitride can dramatically change the light produced by quantum emitters embedded within the material. The technique offers an ...

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Scientists have discovered a new way to control quantum light sources by twisting atomically ...

Despite the huge technological interest in boron nitride (BN), understanding the relative stability of its different structural phases remains a challenge owing to conflicting results from experiments ...