Oriented hBN films with their (0 0 0 2) basal plane lying on Si (1 0 0) sub
strate were prepared by electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapour deposi
tion technique. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) measurement
shows that in this case the absorption peak of the B-N-B out-of-plane mode
disappeared. X-ray diffraction result confines the orientation. The morphol
ogy by atomic force microscopy is also shown. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V
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