Temperature-dependent morphological evolution of HOPG graphite upon exposure to hyperthermal O(3P) atoms

Progress in Organic Coatings

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 443-447

  Nicholson, Kenneth T ^a   Minton, Timothy K ^b   Sibener, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical kinetics; Graphite; Morphological evolution; O(3P) atoms

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EROSION; GRAPHITE; MICROMETERS; PYROLYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

HYPERTHERMAL ATOMS; LOW-EARTH ORBITAL (LEO) ENVIRONMENT;

ORGANIC COATINGS;

EID: 0141566226     PISSN: 03009440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9440(03)00134-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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