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Synthetic Alloys: Synthetic Crystals of Silver with Carbon: 3D Epitaxy of Carbon Nanostructures in the Silver Lattice (Adv. Funct. Mater. 30/2015)
Author(s) -
SalamancaRiba Lourdes G.,
Isaacs Romaine A.,
LeMieux Melburne C.,
Wan Jiayu,
Gaskell Karen,
Jiang Yeping,
Wuttig Manfred,
Mansour Azzam N.,
Rashkeev Sergey N.,
Kuklja Maija M.,
Zavalij Peter Y.,
Santiago Jaime R.,
Hu Liangbing
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201570202
Subject(s) - materials science , epitaxy , carbon fibers , metal , nanotechnology , lattice (music) , nanostructure , chemical engineering , composite material , metallurgy , composite number , layer (electronics) , physics , acoustics , engineering
As shown by L. G. Salamanca‐Riba and co‐workers on page 4768, 3D‐epitaxy of carbon in silver is acheived by electrocharging assisted bulk processing. The carbon and silver bond covalently when a high current is applied to a mixture of liquid silver and particles of activated carbon. Upon solidification, graphitic structures form within the metal with an epitaxial orientation with the silver lattice. Image courtesy of Jiaqi Dai from the University of Maryland.