Microplasmas are low‐temperature plasmas that feature microscale dimensions and a
unique high‐energy‐density and a nonequilibrium reactive environment, which makes them …

Silicon carbide (SiC) is an indirect wide band gap semiconductor that is utilized in many
industrial applications due to its extreme physical properties. SiC nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit …

For achieving unified functionalities of rare-earth free materials, the development of
innovative zinc oxide and β-silicon carbide (ZnO@ β-SiC) composites by a solid-state …

Abstract Stability of Cassie-Baxter (CB) state is very critical in application of
superhydrophobic surfaces. The most industrial applications of superhydrophobic surfaces …

Titanium (Ti) is widely used in biomedical devices due to its recognized biocompatibility.
However, implant failures and subsequent clinical side effects are still recurrent. In this …

Stabilization of planar tetra-coordinate silicon (ptSi) was achieved in compounds and 2D-
layered extended systems, in which single molecular ptSi in C12H8Si captures four …

In this paper, the silicon carbide (SiC) nanoparticle colloidal solution is obtained by using
the femtosecond (fs) laser ablation in deionized water. The spherical nanoparticles are …

Chemical transformations on the surface of commercially available 3C-SiC nanoparticles
were studied by means of FTIR, XPS, and temperature-programmed desorption mass …

Photo-fermentation offers a promising roadmap for hydrogen production through their ability
to harness light energy, however, its lower conversion efficiency is the major bottleneck for …

Silicon-carbide (SiC) nanocrystals (NCs) of controlled 2–4 nm size are produced in low-
pressure nonthermal plasma from the simple alkylsilane precursor tetramethylsilane (TMS) …