A catalytic technique to enhance graphite formation in nongraphitizing carbons was adapted to work with three-dimensional wood-derived scaffolds. Unlike many synthetic graphite precursors, wood and other cellulosic carbons remain largely disordered after high temperature pyrolysis. Using a nickel nitrate liquid catalyst and controlled pyrolysis conditions, wood-derived scaffolds were produced s...

Highly graphitic carbon nanocoils (GCNC) were synthesized through the catalytic graphitization of carbon microspheres obtained by the hydrothermal carbonization of different saccharides (sucrose, glucose and starch) and were used as a support for Pt nanoparticles. The Pt nanoparticles were deposited by means of a polymer mediatedpolyol method. The Pt catalysts were characterized both physically...

Five carbons with different graphitization degrees, which were heat-treated at temperatures of 1273 to 3273K, were prepared. These carbons were bonded to nickel in a vacuum, using an RF-induction furnace, with joining temperatures of 1073 to 1273K. On the basis of the results of these experiments, the effects of the graphitization degree on the solid-state bonding of carbon to nickel were exami...

in this research, graphitization transformation of a commercial hypereutectoid steel called ck100 was studied by the dilatometric experiments at the range of 600 – 700 °c from prior martensitic structure. also the effect of quenching media on the initial graphitization time and completion of transformation has been discussed. also, graphitization transition from the different prior microstructu...

Interaction between catalytic metals and carbon atoms on formation process of SWNTs are studied by the home-made multi-body potentials base on density functional theory calculations of small metal-carbon binary clusters. The Co cluster has a partially crystal structure where metal atoms are regularly allocated and embedded in the hexagonal carbon network. On the other hand, carbon atoms cover t...