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PubMed2001

Probing phonon dispersion relations of graphite by double resonance Raman scattering.

The phonon dispersion relations of graphite can be probed over a wide range of the Brillouin zone by double resonance Raman spectroscopy. The double resonance Raman process provides us with new assignments for the dispersive and nondispersive features observed in the Raman spectra of disordered graphite and carbon nanotubes, some features having been incorrectly assigned previously, or not assigned at all.

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PubMed2002

Gapless spin-1 neutral collective mode branch for graphite.

Using the standard tight binding model of 2D graphite with short range electron repulsion, we predict a gapless spin-1, neutral collective mode branch below the particle-hole continuum with energy vanishing linearly with momenta at the Gamma and K points in the Brillouin zone. This spin-1 mode has a wide energy dispersion, 0 to approximately 2 eV, and is not Landau damped. The "Dirac cone spectrum" of electrons at the chemical potential of graphite generates our collective mode, so we call this "spin-1 zero sound" of the "Dirac sea." Epithermal neutron scattering experiments and spin polarized electron energy loss spectroscopy can be used to confirm and study our collective mode.

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PubMed2002

Anisotropy and interplane interactions in the dielectric response of graphite.

We determined the anisotropic dielectric response of graphite by means of time-dependent density-functional theory and high-resolution valence electron energy-loss spectroscopy. The calculated loss function was in very good agreement with the experiment for a wide range of momentum-transfer orientations with respect to the graphitic basal planes, provided that local-field effects were included in the response. The calculations also showed strong effects of the interlayer Coulomb interaction on the total pi+sigma plasmon. This finding must be taken into account for the explanation of recent loss spectra of carbon nanotube materials.

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PubMed2003

Phonon trigonal warping effect in graphite and carbon nanotubes.

The one-dimensional structure of carbon nanotubes leads to quantum confinement of the wave vectors for the electronic states, thus making the double resonance Raman process selective, not only of the magnitude, but also of the direction of the phonon wave vectors. This additional selectivity allows us to reconstruct the phonon dispersion relations of 2D graphite, by probing individual single wall carbon nanotubes of different chiralities by resonance Raman spectroscopy, and using different laser excitation energies. In particular, we are able to measure the anisotropy, or the trigonal warping effect, in the phonon dispersion relations around the hexagonal corner of the Brillouin zone of graphite.

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PubMed2003

Interaction of C60 with carbon nanotubes and graphite.

The interaction of C60 with single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and graphite is studied experimentally by thermal desorption spectroscopy and theoretically by molecular-mechanics and molecular-dynamics calculations. The van der Waals parameters and force field for C60-graphene and C60-SWNT interactions are derived from the low-coverage C60 binding energy to the graphite surface. We use these to compare the efficiency of different mechanisms by which C60 can be encapsulated into SWNTs.

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PubMed1998

Determination of trace lithium in human erythrocytes by electrothermal atomic-absorption spectrometry with pyrocoated graphite tubes and integrated platform.

Electrothermal graphite-furnace atomic-absorption spectroscopy with pyrocoated graphite tubes, integrated platform and matrix modification was used to determine submicromolar concentrations of trace lithium in human red blood cells. Matrix-matched samples were used to establish calibration curves for concentrations up to 0.58 microM (addition-calibration method) with satisfactory linearity (r2 > 0.99) and intra- and inter-day variability (CV < 11.4%). The median concentration of trace lithium in the cells of 40 healthy Caucasian volunteers devoid of medical or psychiatric history was 0.23 microM (inter-quartile range 0.20-0.30). The levels of trace lithium in the red blood cells correlated (r2 = 0.83) with plasma concentrations (median 0.13 microM, inter-quartile range 0.11-0.19) measured in the same blood sample. Dietary factors (e.g. consumption of lithium-containing mineral water) affected both levels. The red blood cell/plasma lithium ratio had a median value of 1.57 (inter-quartile range 1.16-2.07), implying that trace lithium is accumulated in erythrocytes. This contrasts with most reports of red blood cell/plasma ratio, measured during therapeutic treatment with lithium, for which the average value is 0.5-0.8, albeit for much higher concentrations of lithium (approx. 500-800 microM). The proposed analytical method has the required sensitivity and accuracy for determination of trace lithium in red blood cells and makes it possible to perform epidemiological studies to assess human exposure to environmental lithium in diet and beverages, and inter-individual variations in trans-membrane and renal lithium kinetics at the submicromolar level.

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PubMed1998

In situ discovery of graphite with interstellar isotopic signatures in a chondrule-free clast in an L3 chondrite

Optical and scanning electron microscopy of a chondrule-free clast in the unequilibrated L3 chondrite Khohar revealed a spherical object consisting of an aggregate of small ( approximately 2- micrometer diameter), Ni-poor (0.5 to 2.89 weight percent) metal particles and fine-grained graphite (<1-micrometer diameter). The graphite has large D and 15N excesses (deltaD approximately 1500 per mil and delta15N approximately 1300 per mil) with two isotopically distinct signatures: N rich with a high D/H ratio and N poor with a high 15N/14N ratio. These excesses are the largest D and 15N excesses observed in situ in a well-characterized phase in a meteorite. The isotopic characteristics are suggestive of an interstellar origin, probably by ion-molecule reactions at low temperature in the interstellar molecular cloud from which the solar system formed. The structure and nonchondritic composition of the metal particles suggest they did not form under equilibrium conditions in the solar nebula.

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PubMed2000

Graphite polyhedral crystals.

Polyhedral nano- and microstructures with shapes of faceted needles, rods, rings, barrels, and double-tipped pyramids, which we call graphite polyhedral crystals (GPCs), have been discovered. They were found in pores of glassy carbon. They have nanotube cores and graphite faces, and they can exhibit unusual sevenfold, ninefold, or more complex axial symmetry. Although some are giant radially extended nanotubes, Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy suggest GPCs have a degree of perfection higher than in multiwall nanotubes of similar size. The crystals are up to 1 micrometer in cross section and 5 micrometers in length, and they can probably be grown in much larger sizes. Preliminary results suggest a high electrical conductivity, strength, and chemical stability of GPC.

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PubMed2003

Measurement and analysis of atomic and diatomic carbon spectra from laser ablation of graphite.

Spectra from plasma produced by laser-induced breakdown of graphite were recorded and analyzed to increase our understanding of the way in which carbon nanoparticles are created during Nd:YAG laser ablation of graphite. The effects of various buffer gases were studied. Electron density and temperature were determined from spectra of the first and second ions of atomic carbon. The C2 Swan spectrum was also prominent in most of the measured spectra. Temperature was inferred from each experimental Swan spectrum by determination of the temperature for which a synthetic Swan spectrum best fitted, in the least-squares sense, the measured spectrum.

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PubMed2003

Infrared reflection spectroscopy of thin films on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite.

The properties of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) as a substrate for external reflection infrared spectroscopy in the mid-infrared region were investigated. Clean HOPG substrates, physisorbed hydrocarbon multilayers, and chemisorbed monolayers of p-substituted aryl radicals on HOPG were used as samples, and the experimental spectra were compared and complemented with the results of spectral simulations. From reflectivity measurements of clean HOPG surfaces with polarized light as a function of the light incidence angle and the frequency, the anisotropic optical constants n (refractive index) and k (absorption index) were determined for in-plane and out-of-plane directions with respect to the graphite basal plane. These constants express the semimetallic properties of HOPG, indicated by an intermediate reflectivity between a typical metal and a dielectric substrate and by asymmetric, distorted peak shapes in adsorbate film spectra, which represent a transition state between symmetrical, positive absorptions on metals and inverted, negative peaks on dielectric substrates. Regarding spectral sensitivity and surface selection rules, HOPG behaves much like a metal and is therefore an equally suitable substrate for external reflection infrared (IR) measurements.

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PubMed2001

Determination of traces of cadmium in natural water samples by flow injection on-line preconcentration-graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry.

A flow injection on-line preconcentration-graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method was developed for the determination of traces of cadmium in natural water samples. Cadmium in samples was adsorbed on an iminodiacetate-type chelating resin, Muromac A-1 microcolumn (3 mm i.d. and 10 mm long), and then eluted with 2 mol l-1 HNO3. The eluate was introduced into the injection tip of an autosampler. The eluate zone with the highest analyte concentration was injected into the graphite furnace by cooperation of a peristaltic pump and a syringe pump of the autosampler, which were controlled by a programmable controller. The present system was successfully applied to the determination of cadmium in natural water samples. A detection limit of 0.2 ng l-1 was obtained with 12 ml sample loading. The recoveries were 99 and 108% for tap water (4 ml loading) and underground water (12 ml loading), respectively. Analytical results obtained for a river water reference material (JAC-0031, Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) were close to the reference value.

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PubMed1999

A case of an intraocular foreign body due to graphite pencil lead complicated by endophthalmitis.

We report a case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with an intraocular foreign body composed of graphite pencil lead. The patient had been accidentally poked in the right eye with a graphite pencil. Primary care consisted of corneal suturing and lens extraction. Two pieces of the pencil lead remained in the vitreous cavity following surgery, and 2 days later the patient developed endophthalmitis. Pars plana vitrectomy was performed immediately and the intraocular foreign bodies were removed through the scleral wound. Cultures of the vitreous fluid revealed no bacterial organisms. X-ray fluoroscopic analysis of the vitreous detected 1 ppm of aluminum (a constituent of the pencil lead). Although the clinical presentation indicated probable bacterial endophthalmitis, the detection of elemental aluminum within the vitreous cavity also suggested the possibility of further retinal toxicity due to some dissolving of the pencil lead.

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PubMed2002

[Atomization efficiency of graphite furnace in atomic absorption spectrometry].

In this paper, the advance of study of atomization efficiency for graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry was reviewed. The fundamental theory and the various calculated equations of atomization efficiency, as well the relationship among beta m, beta i(exp) and beta i(cal) were described. Problems requiring further improvement in the investigation of atomization efficiency of graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry were discussed. Peak area atomization efficiency is more practical than peak height. Because the mean residence time (tau R) of atoms in the furnace is larger than tau D (tau D = l2/8D, l is the tube length and D is the diffusion coefficient), calculated peak area atomization efficiency in the furnace is larger than experimental. Part of the atomization efficiency is affected by atomic loss mechanism. An important aspect of researching atomization efficiency is conducted mainly to improve the sensitivity and limit of detection of the analysis method.

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PubMed2002

[Determination of trace barium in environmental samples by electric-heated AAS with lanthanum-coated graphite tube].

In this paper a new method was established for determination of trace barium in environmental samples by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. In the presence of matrix modifier magnesium nitrate, the matrix inference was eliminated efficiently. To avoid producing barium carbide, the graphite tubes were coated differently with lanthanum, zirconium, tungsten, molybdenum, and tantalum. Results showed that the tube with lanthanum was the best. The atomization temperature was diminished. The sensitivity was improved, and the tube with lanthanum gave the longest service life. So we used the tube to determine trace barium. The trace barium in Geodchemical Standard Reference Sample Soil-1 (GSS-1) was determined by the new method, the test results showed that the method was reliability and accurate. The method has been used for the determination of trace barium in environmental samples and in water of Yellow River. The detection limit for Ba was 2.1 x 10(-12) g and the relative standard deviation(RSD) was 5.4% for 15 ng.mL-1 Ba.

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PubMed2000

[A rapid graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method for the determination of trace copper and lead in surface water].

A rapid graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method for the determination of trace copper and lead in surface water is investigated in this paper. The influences of the program for graphite furnace and matrix modifier are systematically researched. A rapid method without ashing step and chemical matrix modifier is established. The determination limits of copper and lead are 0.9 microgram.L and 1.2 micrograms.L, respectively. The relatively standard deviations (RSD) (n = 1) are 2.5% and 4.1%, respectively. The recoveries are 96.0%-97.2% and 90.0%-92.0%, respectively.

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PubMed1992

Direct determination of zinc in serum by Zeeman atomic absorption spectrometry with a graphite furnace.

We developed a precise and accurate graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method for the direct determination of zinc in serum. Serum samples are analyzed after 20-fold dilution with water of ultrapure analytical grade. No other reagent is used, from the moment of sampling until measurement. During atomization, the argon flow is kept at 150 mL/min instead of gas stop, to decrease the sensitivity and thus allow lower dilution ratios. Zinc concentrations are determined against a serum-matched calibration curve. Graphite tubes are uncoated and no L'vov platform is used. Between-run CVs were 5.9%, 3.5%, and 1.9% for serum zinc concentrations of 0.93, 1.15, and 1.43 mg/L, respectively. The characteristic mass was 9 pg, and the detection limit (meanblank + 3SDblank) was 0.060 mg/L.

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PubMed1978

Evaluation of polytetrafluoroethylene-graphite-coated total hip prostheses in goats.

This study was designed to determine if a porous polytetrafluoroethylene-graphite coating could furnish long-term stabilization of total hip prostheses. Prostheses were surgically implanted in 12 mature goats, which were observed postoperatively for as long as 1 year. Effective stabilization occurred in only 4 animals. Poor results in the other animals were attributed to lack of stabilization of the prostheses following initial implantation, which allowed movement at the interface between bone and polytetrafluoroethylene-graphite.

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PubMed1995

[A case of pulmonary tuberculoma with pneumoconiosis (graphite lung) that appeared to be lung cancer].

We report a rare case of tuberculoma with pneumoconiosis (Graphite lung). A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for diagnosis of a rapidly growing coin lesion in the right lung (S8). He had worked for 42 years in a foundry and given a diagnosis of pneumoconiosis (Graphite lung). Because transbronchial lung biopsy and percutaneous needle aspiration biopsy were not diagnostic, the right lower lobe was partially resected. Histological examination revealed the presence of caseous necrosis in a solitary mass. Therefore, it is important to consider tuberculoma in the differential diagnosis of a coin lesion in patients with pneumoconiosis.

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