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On the left is a TEM image of the first nanospring our group produced. It is amorphous boron carbide (Nanosprings, Applied Physics Letters 79, 1540 [2001]) and the TEM image on the right is that of a silicon carbide nanospring we produced, which validated our contact angle anisotropy (CAA) model of amorphous nanospring formation (Silicon Carbide Nanosprings, Nano Letters 3, 983 [2003]).
Dr. McIlroy
Here is an example of a 500 um (0.5 mm) thick mat of nanosprings.
Dr. McIlroy
GUITAR Nanosprings-Frank Cheng’s group at the University of Idaho has developed a unique allotrope of carbon that consists of cross linked platelets of graphite. The material has superior electrochemical properties, too. Another valuable aspect of Frank’s GUITAR is that it forms conformal coatings. We have created conductive nanosprings by coating our silica nanosprings with GUITAR. Below are a few SEM images of GUITAR Nanosprings.
Dr. McIlroy
GUITAR Nanosprings-Frank Cheng’s group at the University of Idaho has developed a unique allotrope of carbon that consists of cross linked platelets of graphite. The material has superior electrochemical properties, too. Another valuable aspect of Frank’s GUITAR is that it forms conformal coatings. We have created conductive nanosprings by coating our silica nanosprings with GUITAR. Below are a few SEM images of GUITAR Nanosprings.
Dr. McIlroy
Physics Art Showcase-Nanopyramid Structure
Nate Dice
Physics Art Showcase-Bouquet of Nanostructures
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References
Nanosprings, Applied Physics Letters
, 2001
Silicon Carbide Nanosprings, Nano Letters
(2003)
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