Silicon (Si) is one of the most abundant elements on Earth, found in large quantities in soil. While Si is not essential for land plants, many plants, such as rice and grasses, have used Si to develop ...

In 1811 Gay-Lussac and Thenard probably obtained impure amorphous silicon by heating ... It is now produced on a large scale by heating silica with carbon in an electric furnace, at high ...

Researchers transformed 2D kaolinite into 3D amorphous cement using chemical reactions in an alkaline medium. This ...