"Advances in Silicon Carbide Processing and Applications" specifically targets the technology of two key application areas, propulsion systems in electronic vehicles and sensors for deployment in extreme environments. Edited by Steven Saddow & Anant Agarwal, two highly respected researchers in the field of SiC, with contributions from a range of eminent scientists, the book offers a real insigh...

Several methods of transformation are currently available for delivering exogenous DNA to plant cells. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation, microprojectile bombardment and direct protoplast transformation are routinely used today. However, each of them has certain disadvantages, which led to research into the development of novel alternative systems such as infiltration, electroporation of ce...

We report the results of a study of 81 micrometer-sized presolar SiC grains in the size range 0.5–2.6 m from the Murchison (CM2) carbonaceous chondrite. We describe a simple, nondestructive physical disaggregation technique used to isolate the grains while preserving them in their pristine state, as well as the scanning electron microscopy energy-dispersive X-ray mapping procedure used to locat...

Preparation and characterisation of a highly active and stable beta zeolite supported on a pre-shaped silicon carbide catalyst for the benzoylation reaction in liquid phase.

We report the realization of the optically induced inverse population of the ground-state spin sublevels of the silicon vacancies (V(Si)) in silicon carbide (SiC) at room temperature. The data show that the probed silicon vacancy spin ensemble can be prepared in a coherent superposition of the spin states. Rabi nutations persist for more than 80 μs. Two opposite schemes of the optical alignment...