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Diamond-coated ‘black silicon’ as a promising material for high-surface-area electrochemical electrodes and antibacterial surfaces

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Publication Date2016-01-01
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry B
AuthorsPaul May, Michael A. Clegg, Tiago Almeida Silva, Hudson Zanin, Orlando Fatibello‐Filho
InstitutionsUniversity Of Bristol Dental Hospital, Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom)
Citations103

Coating black silicon needles in a uniform layer of conducting boron-doped CVD diamond produces a high-surface-area electrode material that promising for electrochemical applications, as well as acting as a robust bactericidal surface.