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Orientation-controlled, low-temperature plasma growth and applications of h-BN nanosheets

Show Author's Information Ivan Sergeevich Merenkov1,2( ),  Mikhail Sergeevich Myshenkov3,  Yuri Mikhailovich Zhukov3,  Yohei Sato4,  Tatyana Sergeevna Frolova5,6,7,  Denis Vasilevich Danilov3,  Igor Alekseevich Kasatkin3,  Oleg Sergeevich Medvedev3,  Roman Vladimirovich Pushkarev1,  Olga Ivanovna Sinitsyna5,7,  Masami Terauchi4,  Irina Alekseevna Zvereva3,  Marina Leonidovna Kosinova1,  Ken Ostrikov8,9
Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
Ural Federal University,Ekaterinburg,620002,Russia;
Saint-Petersburg State University,St. Petersburg,199034,Russia;
IMRAM,Tohoku University,Sendai,980-8577,Japan;
Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
Novosibirsk State University,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
School of Physics,Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering,Queensland University of Technology,Brisbane QLD,4000,Australia;
CSIRO-QUT Joint Sustainable Processes and Devices Laboratory,P.O. Box 218,Lindfield NSW,2070,Australia;
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chemical vapor deposition, thermal stability, boron nitride nanosheets, nanowalls, cytotoxicity, light emission
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Dimensionality and orientation of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets are promising to create and control their unique properties for diverse applications. However, low-temperature deposition of vertically oriented h-BN nanosheets is a significant challenge. Here we report on the low-temperature plasma synthesis of maze-like h-BN nanowalls (BNNWs) from a mixture of triethylamine borane (TEAB) and ammonia at temperatures as low as 400 ℃. The maze-like BNNWs contained vertically aligned stacks of h-BN nanosheets. Wavy h-BN nanowalls with randomly oriented nanocrystalline structure are also fabricated. Simple and effective control of morphological type of BNNWs by the deposition temperature is demonstrated. Despite the lower synthesis temperature, thermal stability and oxidation resistivity of the maze-like BNNWs are higher than for the wavy nanowalls. The structure and oxidation of the nanowalls was found to be the critical factor for their thermal stability and controlled luminescence properties. Cytotoxic study demonstrated significant antibacterial effect of both maze-like and wavy h-BN nanowalls against E. coli. The reported results reveal a significant potential of h-BN nanowalls for a broad range of applications from electronics to biomedicine.


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Orientation-controlled, low-temperature plasma growth and applications of h-BN nanosheets

Show Author's information Ivan Sergeevich Merenkov1,2( ), Mikhail Sergeevich Myshenkov3, Yuri Mikhailovich Zhukov3, Yohei Sato4, Tatyana Sergeevna Frolova5,6,7, Denis Vasilevich Danilov3, Igor Alekseevich Kasatkin3, Oleg Sergeevich Medvedev3, Roman Vladimirovich Pushkarev1, Olga Ivanovna Sinitsyna5,7, Masami Terauchi4, Irina Alekseevna Zvereva3, Marina Leonidovna Kosinova1, Ken Ostrikov8,9
Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
Ural Federal University,Ekaterinburg,620002,Russia;
Saint-Petersburg State University,St. Petersburg,199034,Russia;
IMRAM,Tohoku University,Sendai,980-8577,Japan;
Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
Novosibirsk State University,Novosibirsk,630090,Russia;
School of Physics,Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering,Queensland University of Technology,Brisbane QLD,4000,Australia;
CSIRO-QUT Joint Sustainable Processes and Devices Laboratory,P.O. Box 218,Lindfield NSW,2070,Australia;

Abstract

Dimensionality and orientation of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets are promising to create and control their unique properties for diverse applications. However, low-temperature deposition of vertically oriented h-BN nanosheets is a significant challenge. Here we report on the low-temperature plasma synthesis of maze-like h-BN nanowalls (BNNWs) from a mixture of triethylamine borane (TEAB) and ammonia at temperatures as low as 400 ℃. The maze-like BNNWs contained vertically aligned stacks of h-BN nanosheets. Wavy h-BN nanowalls with randomly oriented nanocrystalline structure are also fabricated. Simple and effective control of morphological type of BNNWs by the deposition temperature is demonstrated. Despite the lower synthesis temperature, thermal stability and oxidation resistivity of the maze-like BNNWs are higher than for the wavy nanowalls. The structure and oxidation of the nanowalls was found to be the critical factor for their thermal stability and controlled luminescence properties. Cytotoxic study demonstrated significant antibacterial effect of both maze-like and wavy h-BN nanowalls against E. coli. The reported results reveal a significant potential of h-BN nanowalls for a broad range of applications from electronics to biomedicine.

Keywords: chemical vapor deposition, thermal stability, boron nitride nanosheets, nanowalls, cytotoxicity, light emission

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Received: 06 July 2018
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The reported research was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the government of the Novosibirsk region of the Russian Federation (No. 18-43-543003). The project was partially performed in the resource centers of Scientific Park of Saint-Petersburg State University, in particular, Center for X-ray Diffraction Studies, Thermogravimetric and Calorimetric Research Center, Center for Physical Methods of Surface Investigation and Nanotechnology Interdisciplinary Center. K. O. thanks the Australian Research Council for partial support, UrFU for the access to scientific equipment of Laboratory "Nanocrystal" supported by Act 211 Government of the RF (No. 02.A03.21.0006).

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