FURNACE FOR GRAPHITE AND HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE CRYSTAL GROWTH

Abstract

A new system will be acquired to investigate the crystal growth of large area (50 mm diameter), thick (greater than1 mm) hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and graphite single crystals. Such crystals would enable tremendous advances in electronics, optoelectronics, photonics, quantum information processing, neutron detection, optical components, and chemical and isotope separations. The crystals will be grown by precipitation from molten metal solutions based on nickel, iron, and chromium at atmospheric pressure. The crystals produced by this technique are excellent quality, matching or exceeding any reported in the literature.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Mar 07, 2023
Source ID
FA95502210125

Entities

People

  • James H Edgar

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Kansas State University
  • United States Air Force

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Quantum Computing