Materials science - Oxygen breaks into carbon world

被引:113
作者
Ajayan, PM [1 ]
Yakobson, BI
机构
[1] Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Troy, NY 12180 USA
[2] Rice Univ, Dept Mech Engn & Mat Sci, Houston, TX 77005 USA
[3] Rice Univ, Dept Chem, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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D O I
10.1038/441818a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
When oxygen atoms bind to a graphite surface, they fall into line and make bridges across carbon atoms. This is the spearhead of a chemical attack in which the atomic arrangement of solid carbon is torn apart.
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页码:818 / 819
页数:2
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