The era of two-dimensional (2D) materials, in its current form, truly began at the time that graphene was first isolated just over 15 years ago. Shortly thereafter, the use of 2D hexagonal boron nitride had expanded in popularity, with use of the thin isolator permeating a significant number of fields in condensed matter and beyond. Due to the impractical nature of cataloguing every use or research pursuit, this review will cover ground in the following three subtopics relevant to this versatile material: growth, electrical measurements, and applications in optics and photonics. Through understanding how the material has been utilized, one may anticipate some of the exciting directions made possible by the research conducted up through the turn of this decade.

当前形式的二维 (2D) 材料时代真正开始于 15 年前石墨烯首次分离出来的时候。此后不久，二维六方氮化硼的使用逐渐普及，薄隔离器的使用渗透到凝聚态物质及其他领域的大量领域。由于对每种用途或研究追求进行编目是不切实际的，本次综述将涵盖与这种多功能材料相关的以下三个子主题：生长、电测量以及光学和光子学中的应用。通过了解材料的使用方式，人们可以预见本世纪之交的研究可能带来的一些令人兴奋的方向。