Highly-Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite under High Pressure
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
12-2009
Abstract
As one of the longest-known forms of carbon, graphite has been extensively studied for several decades. However, its phase diagram under high pressures is still poorly understood. Here we use both in-situ high-pressure Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron x-ray diffraction, collected on both compression and decompression, to elucidate the high-pressure behavior of highly-ordered pyrolitic graphite (HOPG) at room temperature. The Raman spectra show that G band (1580 cm-1 at ambient pressure) of HOPG shifts to higher frequency with increased pressure, which has been attributed to pressure-induced in-plane lattice contraction. Above 15 GPa the broadening of this Raman peak indicates a reordering of the atomic structure, and is consistent with synchrotron x-ray diffraction measurements that also show a slight change in symmetry.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting in December, 2009
Scholar Commons Citation
Wang, Y.; Panzik, Joseph E.; Kiefer, Boris; Montgomery, J. M.; and Lee, Kanani K. M., "Highly-Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite under High Pressure" (2009). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 2100.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/2100
