TY - JOUR
T1 - Axial nano-scale microstructures in graphitized fibers inherited from liquid crystal mesophase pitch
AU - Yoon, Seong-Ho
AU - Korai, Yozo
AU - Mochida, Isao
AU - Yokogawa, Kiyoshi
AU - Fukuyama, Seiji
AU - Yoshimura, Masamitsu
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Nano-scale structures of a mesophase puch based carbon fiber were characterized using a high-resolution scanning electron microscope (HR-SEM) and a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Fibril was found to be sectioned by a number of pleat units, being aligned parallel along the fiber axis. The periodical size. thickness and height of pleat unit was estimated as 30-60 nm, 20-30 nm and around 7 nm, respectively. In a pleat, graphitic units of 30 60 nm long and 2-4 nm wide run principally perpendicular to the axis. The basal plane of graphite was observed at the largest magnification. Such a series of nano-structures should be related intimately to the performance of the fibers. The formation mechanism of such series of nano-structural units is discussed in relation to the nano-structure of the liquid crystal mesophase pitch and ils deformation during the spinning.
AB - Nano-scale structures of a mesophase puch based carbon fiber were characterized using a high-resolution scanning electron microscope (HR-SEM) and a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Fibril was found to be sectioned by a number of pleat units, being aligned parallel along the fiber axis. The periodical size. thickness and height of pleat unit was estimated as 30-60 nm, 20-30 nm and around 7 nm, respectively. In a pleat, graphitic units of 30 60 nm long and 2-4 nm wide run principally perpendicular to the axis. The basal plane of graphite was observed at the largest magnification. Such a series of nano-structures should be related intimately to the performance of the fibers. The formation mechanism of such series of nano-structural units is discussed in relation to the nano-structure of the liquid crystal mesophase pitch and ils deformation during the spinning.
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U2 - 10.1016/0008-6223(95)00138-7
DO - 10.1016/0008-6223(95)00138-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029771465
VL - 34
SP - 83
EP - 88
JO - Carbon
JF - Carbon
SN - 0008-6223
IS - 1
ER -