Magnesium silicide (Mg2Si)/carbon nanotube (CNT) thermoelectric nanofibers for use as a flexible thermoelectric material were successfully synthesized through the combined processes of the sol-gel method, magnesiothermic reduction, and liquid-solid phase reaction. In the resulting product, each CNT was coated with Mg2Si which was an approximately 60-nm-thick single crystal. The synthesized Mg2S...

2.4. Molecular Beam Epitaxy 366 2.5. Laser Ablation 367 2.6. Silicon Monoxide Evaporation 367 3. Catalyst Materials 368 3.1. Gold as Catalyst 368 3.2. Alternative Catalyst Materials 369 3.2.1. Type-A, Au-like Catalysts 370 3.2.2. Type-B, Low Si Solubility Catalysts 371 3.2.3. Type-C, Silicide Forming Catalysts 371 4. Crystallography 372 5. Heterostructures 373 6. Surface Induced Lowering of the...

Epitaxial single crystal thin films of U3Si, U3Si5, α−USi2, and USi3, alongside poly-crystalline U3Si2 have all been synthesised using DC magnetron sputtering. These idealised samples provide the bases on which fundamental studies can be conducted for understanding advanced technology fuel (ATF) candidates: U3Si2, U3Si5. The silicon-rich phases, USi2 USi3 are interest as intermediate oxidation ...