Artistic rendering of atomic structure of silicon carbide crystal showing defect (purple circle) and region of interest identified with quantum mechanical theory (silver sphere). Disclaimer ...

(Credit: DoE) Now it seems that silicon carbide (SiC) may soon replace the traditional zirconium alloy with General Atomics’ SiGa fuel cladding, which has been tested over the past 120 days in ...

With the Evidence for carbon clusters present near thermal gate oxides affecting the electronic band structure ... silicon carbide to silicon dioxide under high temperatures. The researchers used ...