Figure 1. Crystal polymorphs of boron nitride. (IMAGE)

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Figure 1. Crystal polymorphs of boron nitride.

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The structures and space groups of (a) zinc-blende boron nitride (cBN), (b) hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), (c) wurtzite boron nitride (wBN), and (d) rhombohedral boron nitride (rBN). Boron and nitrogen atoms are depicted in brown and blue, respectively.

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Kousuke Nakano from JAIST.

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