Actuators that can convert environmental stimuli into mechanical work are widely used in
intelligent systems, robots, and micromechanics. To produce robust and sensitive actuators …

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a metastable form of amorphous carbon with significant sp3
bonding. DLC is a semiconductor with a high mechanical hardness, chemical inertness, and …

We introduce a Gaussian approximation potential (GAP) for atomistic simulations of liquid
and amorphous elemental carbon. Based on a machine learning representation of the …

Single-atom impurities and other atomic-scale defects can notably alter the local vibrational
responses of solids and, ultimately, their macroscopic properties. Using high-resolution …

Amorphous and nanocrystalline carbon films possess special chemical and physical
properties such as high chemical inertness, diamond-like properties, and favorable …

We compare the Raman spectra and other macroscopic properties of nearly one hundred
amorphous carbon films deposited at five research laboratories by a total of five different …

The tight-binding method of modelling materials lies between the very accurate, very
expensive, ab initio methods and the fast but limited empirical methods. When compared …

Nanometre sized diamond powder has been purified by centrifugation to remove
contamination from sp2 bonded carbon. The purified powder has been characterized using …

A critical review of the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of amorphous diamond-like carbon
(DLC) films is presented. A short review of the PLD process is followed by a review of …

Raman scattering is an excellent tool to characterize nanocrystalline clusters and the
structural arrangement of carbon atoms in carbon‐based materials. Diamond‐like carbon …