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Md Nurunnabi1, Md Nafiujjaman2, Sang-Joon Lee3
1Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 380-702, South Korea and Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea. khuh@cnu.ac.kr.
Abstract:
A facile and convenient process was optimized for preparing water-soluble hydroxyl-functionalized hexagonal boron nitride (hBN-OH) from hBN. The hBN-OH (2-3 nm thickness) contains ∼40% oxygen and exhibits blue emission with a quantum yield of approximately 36%. The hBN-OH could be used for imaging cells and for the in vitro detection of biomolecules through electrochemical analysis.
