Nucleation and growth of nanoscale to microscale cylindrical pits in highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite upon hyperthermal atomic oxygen exposure

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-206

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Atomic oxygen; Graphite

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; NUCLEATION; OXYGEN; PROFILOMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; ETCH PITS; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV);

GRAPHITE;

EID: 3042590304     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008304044122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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