U.S.-Germany Cooperative Research: Synthesis of sp2- and sp3- Bonded Carbon by Extraction of Metals

9815572 McNallan该奖项支持PI，Michael McNallan，联合PI，Yuri Gogotsi和来自伊利诺伊大学芝加哥的几名研究生与德国图宾根大学应用矿物学系的Klaus Nickel合作。 研究的重点是探索在碳化硅表面合成碳涂层的新方法。 这项合作将允许比较两种不同的从碳化物中提取金属的技术--一种是在芝加哥使用卤素，另一种是在图宾根使用超临界水。 这种比较将使我们有可能增加对碳生长机制的理解。 由于这项研究而开发的涂层将用于传感器和工具的新保护涂层，用于进一步化学气相沉积金刚石的中间薄膜，传感器的分子膜等。

9815572McNallanThis award supports the PI, Michael McNallan, the co-PI, Yuri Gogotsi, and several graduate students from the University of Illinois - Chicago in a collaboration with Klaus Nickel of the Department of Applied Mineralogy at the University of Tuebingen, Germany. The research focus is on the discovery of new methods for synthesis of carbon coatings on the surface of silicon-carbide. The collaboration will allow the comparison of two different techniques for the extraction of metals from carbides--one using halogens at Chicago and one using supercritical water at Tuebingen. The comparison will then make it possible to increase our understanding of carbon growth mechanisms. The coatings developed as a result of this research will find uses in new protective coatings for sensors and tools, intermediate thin films for further chemical vapor deposition of diamond, molecular membranes for sensors, et al. U.S. students will have the opportunity to participate in research in one of the leading European laboratories in this scientific area.