Emelchenko GA, Zhokhov AA, Masalov VM, Maximuk MY, Fursova TN, Bazhenov AV, Zverkova II, Khasanov SS, Steinman EA, Tereshenko AN. SiC/C nanocomposites with inverse opal structure.
Nanotechnology 2010;
21:475604. [PMID:
21030770 DOI:
10.1088/0957-4484/21/47/475604]
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Abstract
The synthesis, morphology, structural and optical characteristics of SiC/C nanocomposites with an inverse opal lattice have been investigated. The samples were prepared by thermochemical treatment of opal matrices filled with carbon compounds which was followed by silicon dioxide dissolution. The samples were studied by electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, photoluminescence, IR and Raman scattering spectroscopy. The electron microscopy data revealed a highly porous periodic structure which was a three-dimensional replica of the voids of the initial opal lattice. The hexagonal silicon carbide was found to be non-uniformly distributed throughout the volume, its greater part located in the surface layer up to 50 µm deep. The data of x-ray diffraction, IR and Raman scattering spectroscopy enabled us to assume that the composite had hexagonal diamond fragments. The photoluminescence and optical reflection spectra of the composites have been measured.
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