Chemically stabilized epitaxial wurtzite-BN thin film

Badri Vishal; Rajendra Singh; Abhishek Chaturvedi; Ankit Sharma; M. B. Sreedhara; Rajib Sahu; Usha Bhat; Upadrasta Ramamurty; Ranjan Datta

doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2018.01.027

Chemically stabilized epitaxial wurtzite-BN thin film

Badri Vishal, Rajendra Singh, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Ankit Sharma, M. B. Sreedhara, Rajib Sahu, Usha Bhat, Upadrasta Ramamurty, Ranjan Datta^*

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We report on the chemically stabilized epitaxial w-BN thin film grown on c-plane sapphire by pulsed laser deposition under slow kinetic condition. Traces of no other allotropes such as cubic (c) or hexagonal (h) BN phases are present. Sapphire substrate plays a significant role in stabilizing the metastable w-BN from h-BN target under unusual PLD growth condition involving low temperature and pressure and is explained based on density functional theory calculation. The hardness and the elastic modulus of the w-BN film are 37 & 339 GPa, respectively measured by indentation along <0001> direction. The results are extremely promising in advancing the microelectronic and mechanical tooling industry.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	197-203
Number of pages	7
Journal	Superlattices and Microstructures
Volume	115
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2018.01.027
State	Published - Mar 2018

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