Reports of graphite pencil lead injuries to the eye are rare. Although graphite is considered to remain inert in the eye, it has been known to cause severe inflammation and damage to ocular structures. We report a case of a 12-year-old girl with intracorneal graphite foreign bodies following a graphite pencil injury.

Pulmonary tuberculosis is relatively frequent in workers exposed to silica or a mixed dust containing silica (Marchand, 1972). This increased susceptibility has been shown in relation to silica itself (Hunter, i962),coal (Rivers, James, Davies & Thompson, 1957) and talc (Siegal, Smith & Grecnburg, 1943). Since graphite too contains a proportion of silica which is about 2 % in the purest commerc...

Graphite oxide has a complex structure that can be modified in many ways to obtain materials for a wide range of applications. It is known that the graphite precursor has an important role in the synthesis of graphite oxide. In the present study, the basal-plane surface of highly annealed pyrolythic graphite (HAPG) was oxidized by Hummers' method and investigated by Raman spectroscopy and atomi...

This paper describes unusual graphite–sulfide deposits in ultramafic rocks from the Serranı́a de Ronda (Spain) and Beni Bousera (Morocco). These deposits occur as veins, stockworks and irregular masses, ranging in size from some centimeters to a few meters in thickness. The primary mineral assemblage mainly consists of Fe–Ni–Cu sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite and cubanite), graph...

A new hybrid Cu/rGO catalyst obtained by a thermal treatment of the composite of a copperbased MOF with graphite oxide exhibited a marked catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in an alkaline medium, high tolerance to methanol oxidation and superior long-term stability over 20 hours. The unique architecture of the copper atoms in the 3D framework of the pristine MOF coupled with...

Fluorescent nano-graphite oxides (NGO) with different size distribution were prepared via a one-pot hydrothermal route using ultrasmall graphite powder as starting material and subsequently separated using dialysis tubes with different molecular weight cutoff. The biomedical applications of these NGO for cell imaging were further investigated. Fourier transform infrared spectra demonstrated tha...

The development of chemical strategies to render graphene viable for incorporation into devices is a great challenge. A promising approach is the production of stable graphene dispersions from the exfoliation of graphite in water and organic solvents. The challenges involve the production of a large quantity of graphene sheets with tailored distribution in thickness, size, and shape. In this re...

Ballistic electrical currents are optically injected into aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes and bulk graphite at 300 K via quantum interference between single and two photon absorption of phase-related 700 and 1400 nm, 150 fs pulses. The transient currents are detected via the emitted terahertz radiation. Optical phase and power dependence are consistent with the quantum interference optic...

Magnetic resonance imaging provides a noninvasive method for in situ monitoring of electrochemical processes involved in charge/discharge cycling of batteries. Determining how the electrochemical processes become irreversible, ultimately resulting in degraded battery performance, will aid in developing new battery materials and designing better batteries. Here we introduce the use of an alterna...