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Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is considered as an ideal substrate material for new electronic devices and nano-electromechanical (NEMS) devices, owing to its hexagonal network lattice structure and high chemical and mechanical stability. It can be used to seal gas with a long-term stability, and then has a big potential in further applications in electronics and NEMS. Recently, researchers have discovered that hydrogen atoms can penetrate multiple layers of h-BN non-destructively, forming the bubbles between layers, which can be used as NEMS devices. In this article, we investigate the effect of hydrogen plasma treatment duration on the size of h-BN bubbles. It is found that the size of bubbles becomes larger with the increase of treatment time while their distribution density decreases. It is also observed that the prepared h-BN bubbles have similar morphological characteristics, which are related to Young’s modulus of h-BN and interlayer van der Waals interaction. With the help of force-displacement curve measurement, it is obtained that the internal pressure is about 1—2 MPa for micro-sized bubbles, while the internal pressure of nano-sized bubbles can reach a value of GPa.
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Keywords:
- h-BN /
- plasma treatment /
- nano bubbles /
- van der Waals heterostructure
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图 1 h-BN气泡的典型AFM形貌图像 (a) 具有不同尺寸以及不同分布密集程度的h-BN纳米气泡形貌图像(标尺: 1 μm); (b), (c) 分别是图(a)中红色和橙色线框区域的放大AFM测量形貌图; 所有形貌图像共享右侧的标尺
Figure 1. Typical AFM images of h-BN bubbles: (a) Topography of h-BN bubbles in different size and distribution density. Scale bar, 1 μm; (b), (c) AFM images taken from the red and orange box in panel (a) respectively. The scale of height sits on the right.
图 2 氢等离子体处理不同时间后h-BN气泡分布情况 (a)−(c) 氢等离子体处理60, 90和120 min时, h-BN表面的气泡情况(标尺: 2 μm), 图(a)和图(b)中的插图分别是对应处理时间的单个气泡的AFM形貌图像, 图(a)插图的标尺为50 nm, 图(b)插图的标尺为400 nm; (d) 图(a)和图(b)的插图以及图(c)的气泡截面轮廓, 柱状图部分是在不同处理时间下气泡平均高度的统计
Figure 2. Distribution of h-BN bubbles after hydrogen plasma treatment for different treatment duration. (a)−(c) AFM images of the h-BN bubbles after treated for 60, 90 and 120 min. Scale bar: 2 μm. The inserts in (a) and (b) are the AFM topography images of a single bubble corresponding to the processing time. The scale bar is 50 nm for insert in (a) and 400 nm for the insert in (b). (d) Cross-sectional profiles of bubbles in inserts of panels (a) and (b) and panel (c). The histogram part is the average bubble height under different processing times according to statistics.
图 3 气泡特征尺寸的统计分析 (a) 对不同半径气泡的尺寸比统计结果, 插图是h-BN气泡的结构示意图; (b) 具有不同尺寸比的气泡数量统计, 可以发现h-BN气泡的尺寸比集中在0.092附近, 橙色点代表气泡的尺寸比与0.092的偏差, 整体偏差值在10%范围以内(绿色区域)
Figure 3. Characteristic analysis of bubbles. (a) Statistical results of size ratios hmax/R of bubbles with different radius. The inset is a schematic diagram of the h-BN bubble structure. (b) Statistics of bubble numbers with different size ratios. It can be found that the size ratio of h-BN bubbles is concentrated around 0.092. The orange point represents the deviation of the bubble size ratio from 0.092, and the overall deviation value is within 10% (green area).
图 4 h-BN气泡内压强的分析 (a) 通过AFM测得的不同尺寸的h-BN气泡的力-位移曲线, 随着探针下压深度的增加, 所需的力也随之增大, 不同尺寸气泡的力-位移曲线表现出不同的斜率; (b) 从实际测得的力-位移数据中提取的vdW压强随探针下压深度的关系, 虚线为对应数据组的线性拟合结果; (c) vdW压强与气泡最大高度hmax的关系图, 实线部分是针对1/hmax的非线性拟合结果
Figure 4. Pressure analysis inside h-BN bubbles. (a) Force-displacement curves of the bubbles with different sizes are measured by AFM, which shows the force increases while the tip goes deeper. The FDCs of different-sized bubbles have diverse slopes. (b) vdW pressure inside bubbles extracted from the experimental data in panel (a) as a function of the indentation depth. Dashed lines are linear fits. (c) vdW pressure as a function of
${h}_{\max}$ , the solid line is fitted to${1/h}_{\max}$ .
图 5 在短时间氢等离子体处理下得到的小尺寸气泡 (a) 小尺寸气泡的分布情况(标尺: 150 nm); (b) 图(a)中标有数字记号的小气泡截面轮廓图
Figure 5. Small size bubbles obtained under short-time hydrogen plasma treatment: (a) The distribution of small size bubbles, the size scale is 150 nm; (b) the cross-sectional profile view of the small bubbles marked with numbers in panel (a).
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Google Scholar
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