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Boron Nitride Nanomesh: Functionality from a Corrugated Monolayer
Author(s) -
Berner Simon,
Corso Martina,
Widmer Roland,
Groening Oliver,
Laskowski Robert,
Blaha Peter,
Schwarz Karlheinz,
Goriachko Andrii,
Over Herbert,
Gsell Stefan,
Schreck Matthias,
Sachdev Hermann,
Greber Thomas,
Osterwalder Jürg
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200700234
Subject(s) - nanomesh , monolayer , hexagonal boron nitride , boron nitride , materials science , layer (electronics) , substrate (aquarium) , molecule , hexagonal crystal system , nanotechnology , nitride , metal , crystallography , graphene , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , oceanography , geology
A nanotemplate surface that functions as a regular array of traps for molecules such as naphthalocyanine (see picture) is provided by a nanomesh of hexagonal BN on Rh(111), which has now been identified as a single, complete monolayer. The 2‐nm‐sized pores form at regions where the layer binds strongly to the underlying metal, while the regular network of mesh wires corresponds to regions where the layer is not bonded to the substrate.