Anisotropic reaction kinetics of oxygen with pyrolytic graphite

Crumpling of a pyrolytic graphite sheet

Crumpled graphite thin film balls were fabricated with Panasonic Pyrolytic Graphite Sheets (PGS). The fractal dimension, mechanical properties, and electrical conductivity of the crumpled PGS balls have been investigated. The universal local fractal dimension of the PGS balls is found to be 2.58, which is consistent with that of paper balls. The crumpled PGS balls show good mechanical property ...

Spatially anisotropic etching of graphite by hyperthermal atomic oxygen.

The spatially anisotropic kinetics involved in the chemical reaction between highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and a beam containing hyperthermal (approximately 8 km s(-1)) O((3)P) atomic oxygen and molecular oxygen yields unique surface morphologies. Upon exposure at moderate sample temperatures (298-423 K), numerous multilayer circular pits embedded in the reacted areas have been obser...

Scanning tunneling microscopy studies of carbon-oxygen reactions on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite

The oxidation of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) in air at elevated temperatures was studied by examination of the oxidized HOPG by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Etch pits of uniform size and monolayer depth were readily formed on preexisting defects or generated vacancies in the HOPG basal plane by heating freshly cleaved HOPG samples in air at 650 OC. The density of the pits ...

Formation of Nanocones on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite by Oxygen Plasma

Improvement in hemocompatibility of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) by formation of nanostructured surface by oxygen plasma treatment is reported. We have showed that by appropriate fine tuning of plasma and discharge parameters we are able to create nanostructured surface which is densely covered with nanocones. The size of the nanocones strongly depended on treatment time. The optim...

Ignition Kinetics of Carbon Monoxide - Oxygen Reaction