The Fabrication of Porous Si with Interconnected Micro-Sized Dendrites and Tunable Morphology through the Dealloying of a Laser Remelted Al–Si Alloy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Huang, T.; Sun, D.; Yang, W.; Wu, Q.; Xiao, R. The Fabrication of Porous Si with Interconnected Micro-Sized Dendrites and Tunable Morphology through the Dealloying of a Laser Remelted Al–Si Alloy. Materials 2017, 10, 357. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10040357
Huang T, Sun D, Yang W, Wu Q, Xiao R. The Fabrication of Porous Si with Interconnected Micro-Sized Dendrites and Tunable Morphology through the Dealloying of a Laser Remelted Al–Si Alloy. Materials. 2017; 10(4):357. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10040357
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Ting, Dingyue Sun, Wuxiong Yang, Qiang Wu, and Rongshi Xiao. 2017. "The Fabrication of Porous Si with Interconnected Micro-Sized Dendrites and Tunable Morphology through the Dealloying of a Laser Remelted Al–Si Alloy" Materials 10, no. 4: 357. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10040357