Here's an exclusive for our Materials Today readers...the cover image from the journal Carbon, taken from March 2013 issue. About the Image: Scanning electron micrograph of sequential 2D nucleation and polygonal faceted layer spreading on the {0001} basal plane of a single crystal graphite flake. The crystal, bounded laterally by {101l} and {112l} prismatic planes, formed during solidification of Ni 3.0 wt% C melt at a cooling rate of 55 K/s.
Read more about the above cover image in the following article:
Nucleation and growth kinetics of graphene layers from a molten phase by Shaahin Amini and Reza Abbaschian Carbon Volume 51, January 2013, Pages 110–123
Localized surface plasmons on aluminum nanoparticles can power the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide by graphite.