ON THE ORIGIN OF LARGE-SCALE PERIODICITIES OBSERVED DURING SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY STUDIES OF HIGHLY ORDERED PYROLYTIC-GRAPHITE

被引:13
作者
PATRICK, DL [1 ]
BEEBE, TP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV UTAH,DEPT CHEM,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84112
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(93)90209-3
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Scanning tunneling microscopy was used to investigate the origin of a large-scale periodicity observed on the basal plane of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite. Similar phenomena have previously been ascribed to a rotational misorientation between the uppermost graphite layers. We report the first direct measurement of graphite interlayer rotational alignment in the presence of a superlattice, and find that misorientation is not the cause.
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页码:L119 / L121
页数:3
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