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Oxygen breaks into carbon world

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When oxygen atoms bind to a graphite surface, they fall into line and make bridges across carbon atoms. This is the spearhead of a chemical attack in which the atomic arrangement of solid carbon is torn apart.

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Figure 1: Oxygen attack on graphite.

P. M. AJAYAN & B. I . YAKOBSON

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 12180, New York, USA

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and the Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, 77005, Texas, USA

    Boris I. Yakobson

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Ajayan, P., Yakobson, B. Oxygen breaks into carbon world. Nature 441, 818–819 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/441818a

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