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From the press release it sounds like the important property is that the carbon is amorphous (at least, before it's heated by the laser), i.e. it doesn't follow
by chriswarbo 11y ago
From the press release it sounds like the important property is that the carbon is amorphous (at least, before it's heated by the laser), i.e. it doesn't follow a simple, repeating crystal pattern. It sounds like the laser pulse is forming something like a glass, although it's been a while since I studied condensed matter physics ;)
- gjmulhol 11y agoThe carbon is amorphous before it is heated, then it forms various crystalline structures it appears (you can see that in the Raman, EELS, and other measurements, though the quick way to identify that is all the discussion of various crystalline planes). EDIT for clarity: *forms various crystal structures that are embedded in the amorphous layer.