Contiguous graphite fins can be grown with Microwave Plasma CVD from the surface of different types of thermally conductive (TC), graphite fibers. The fins grow from all fiber filaments in multiple same TC graphite fiber tow bundles. Fin morphology consists of contiguous branching graphene basal planes originating from the fiber’s surface and curling outwards regardless of the fiber’s isotropic...

Based on density functional calculations, optimized structures of graphite oxide are found for various coverages by oxygen and hydroxyl groups, as well as their ratio corresponding to the minimum of total energy. The model proposed describes well-known experimental results. In particular, it explains why it is so difficult to reduce the graphite oxide up to pure graphene. Evolution of the elect...

The mechanical characterization of short E- glass fiber reinforced, graphite and sintered bronze filled epoxy composite was carried out in this study. The aim of the present study was to develop tribological engineering material. In this study the flexural strength, theoretical and experimental density, Hardness and Impact strength of composites was investigated experimentally. The results show...

of nuclear graphite in Generation-IV, prismatic Very High Temperature and High Temperature gas cooled Reactors (VHTRs and HTRs) in the unlikely event of a massive air ingress accident. The completed research tasks include: (a) Developing and validating a modeling capability, based on chemical reactions kinetics, for the gasification rates of nuclear graphite as functions of temperature, oxygen ...

Graphite crystallizes in both hexagonal (2H) and rhombohedral (3R) systems. It is known that the 3R modification in graphite occurs locally by grinding of 2H crystal, and disappears by annealing at high temperature or decomposition of its intercalation compounds [Boehm 1955]. It was reported that the 3R phase content in artificial graphite, which was estimated from the integrated intensities of...

Delocalized electrons are free to move throughout a graphite sheet. Based on the interruption of this flux, a new strategy has been developed to establish a highly sensitive impedimetric sensing device for K(+) ions. Here, we report on the successful application of a simple graphite paste incorporated into dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6), which effectively impedes the electron flux on the graphite ...

An open challenge for single-molecule electronics is to find stable contacts at room temperature with a well-defined conductance. Common coinage metal electrodes pose fabrication and operational problems due to the high mobility of the surface atoms. We demonstrate how molecules covalently grafted onto mechanically robust graphite/graphene substrates overcome these limitations. To this aim, we ...

Carbon, the backbone material of life on Earth, comes in three modifications: diamond, graphite, and fullerenes. Diamond develops tetrahedral sp3 bonds, forming a cubic crystal structure, whereas graphite and fullerenes are characterized by planar sp2 bonds. Polycrystalline graphite is the basis for many products of everyday life: pencils, lubricants, batteries, arc lamps, and brushes for elect...