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 ...

Here’s an LED indicator which was made at home out of a Silicon Carbide (SiC ... area was found he needed a base for the crystal. The image above shows the two nails which he used.

Walter de Heer and Claire Berger holding an atomic model of graphene (black atoms) on crystalline silicon carbide (yellow atoms) in the Epitaxial Graphene Lab at Georgia Tech. Graphene network ...