SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS OF THE INITIAL EROSION OF GRAPHITE BY HYPERTHERMAL ATOMIC OXYGEN AND NEON

被引:7
|
作者
MATLIS, S
VERED, R
LEMPERT, GD
MAROM, G
LIFSHITZ, Y
机构
[1] SOREQ NUCL RES CTR,DEPT APPL PHYS & MATH,IL-70600 YAVNE,ISRAEL
[2] HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM,CASALI INST APPL CHEM,IL-91904 JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
关键词
ATOX; STM; HOPG; LEO; ION BOMBARDMENT;
D O I
10.1016/0266-3538(93)90147-9
中图分类号
TB33 [复合材料];
学科分类号
摘要
Highly ordered pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) was bombarded by low-energy (approximately 30 eV) O+ and Ne+ at fluxes in the range of 10(15)-10(16) ions cm-2. The initial erosion of a few monolayers was studied with the aid of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Damage consisting of hillocks was observed for both O+ and Ne+, and the damage density increased with dose. O+-bombarded surfaces exhibited partial exfoliation of one to two monoatomic layers (probably as a result of chemical erosion), which was absent for Ne+ bombardment. Surface reconstruction of damaged areas was observed. The present work is the first step in an STM study of the effects of atomic oxygen erosion of graphite/epoxy composites in space.
引用
收藏
页码:301 / 305
页数:5
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] Hyperthermal atomic oxygen interaction with highly oriented pyrolytic graphite studied by scanning tunneling microscopy
    Kinoshita, H
    Ikeda, J
    Tagawa, M
    Umeno, M
    Ohmae, N
    7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MATERIALS IN SPACE ENVIRONMENT, 1997, 399 : 211 - 216
  • [2] MIGRATION OF METALS ON GRAPHITE IN SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY
    OHTO, M
    YAMAGUCHI, S
    TANAKA, K
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS, 1995, 34 (6A): : L694 - L697
  • [3] OBSERVATION OF SILANATED GRAPHITE SURFACE WITH SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY
    NEVERNOV, I
    DUBROVSKY, T
    NEVERNOVA, I
    NICOLINI, C
    THIN SOLID FILMS, 1994, 252 (01) : 1 - 3
  • [4] MOIRE PATTERN IN SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY OF MONOLAYER GRAPHITE
    KOBAYASHI, K
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1994, 50 (07): : 4749 - 4755
  • [5] SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY STUDIES OF HYDROCARBONS ADSORBED ON GRAPHITE
    VENKATARAMAN, B
    BREEN, JJ
    FLYNN, GW
    ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1994, 207 : 258 - COLL
  • [6] SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY OF ALKYLATED OLIGOTHIOPHENES AT INTERFACES WITH GRAPHITE
    STABEL, A
    RABE, JP
    SYNTHETIC METALS, 1994, 67 (1-3) : 47 - 53
  • [7] SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY
    WILSON, IH
    VACUUM, 1994, 45 (6-7) : 805 - 817
  • [8] SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY
    LIEBER, CM
    CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING NEWS, 1994, 72 (16) : 28 - &
  • [9] SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY
    GIMZEWSKI, JK
    JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV, 1993, 3 (C7): : 41 - 48
  • [10] THEORY AND OBSERVATION OF HIGHLY ASYMMETRIC ATOMIC-STRUCTURE IN SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY IMAGES OF GRAPHITE
    TOMANEK, D
    LOUIE, SG
    MAMIN, HJ
    ABRAHAM, DW
    THOMSON, RE
    GANZ, E
    CLARKE, J
    PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1987, 35 (14): : 7790 - 7793