NANOSYSTEMS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, 2018, 9 (5), P. 603–608
Flintstone as a nanocomposite material for photonics
P. P. Fedorov – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia; ppfedorov@yandex.ru
V. A. Maslov – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
V.V. Voronov – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
E.V. Chernova – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
O. S. Kudryavtsev – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
V. G. Ralchenko – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
I. I. Vlasov – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
A. S. Chislov – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
M. N. Mayakova – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
E. G. Yarotskaya – Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Street, Moscow, 119991 Russia
R.V. Gaynutdinov – Crystallography and Photonics Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 59 Leninskii Prospect, Moscow, 119991 Russia
P. A. Popov – Petrovskii State University, 14 Bezhitskaya Street, Bryansk, 241036 Russia
A. I. Zentsova – Petrovskii State University, 14 Bezhitskaya Street, Bryansk, 241036 Russia
Studying natural flintstone samples’ properties, including optical transparency and thermal conductivity, by various physical methods (X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, optical microscopy, etc.) revealed that said specimens contain chalcedony nanoparticles bund into the complex hierarchial structure.
Keywords: flintstone, quartz, chalcedony, thermal conductivity, nanocomposite, nanographite photonics.
DOI 10.17586/2220-8054-2018-9-5-603-608