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

Authors
PATRICK DL BEEBE TP
Citation
Dl. Patrick et Tp. Beebe, ON THE ORIGIN OF LARGE-SCALE PERIODICITIES OBSERVED DURING SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY STUDIES OF HIGHLY ORDERED PYROLYTIC-GRAPHITE, Surface science, 297(3), 1993, pp. 120000119-120000121
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
297
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
120000119 - 120000121
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1993)297:3<120000119:OTOOLP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
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 misorienta tion is not the cause.