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Carbon, a Unique Model Material for Condensed Matter Physics and Engineering Science

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Although poorly known by the general public, carbon materials are everywhere in our life, and are present in multiple applications. But many more devices and systems might be based on carbon, considering the number of forms this element may take. In the present work, focus is given to black forms of carbon, and many structures are presented. Such different architectures, associated with different anisotropies and transport properties, may lead to materials presenting an outstanding number of distinct features. So broad range of characteristics is possible through the number of textures carbon may take. As far as the authors know, no other element can generate so many different materials.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the CPER 2007–2013 “Structuration du Pôle de Compétitivité Fibres Grand’Est” (Competitiveness Fiber Cluster), through local (Conseil Général des Vosges), regional (Région Lorraine), national (DRRT and FNADT) and European (FEDER) funds. This research was also partially supported by FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES-610875 NAmiceMC and Belarus-CNRS project BRFFI F13F-004.

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Celzard, A., Fierro, V. (2016). Carbon, a Unique Model Material for Condensed Matter Physics and Engineering Science. In: Maffucci, A., Maksimenko, S.A. (eds) Fundamental and Applied Nano-Electromagnetics. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7478-9_1

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