Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite – HOPG

HOPG grade ZYB, 0.8° 10 x 10 mm x 1mm

HOPG is widely used as a substrate for specimens to be examined in scanning probe microscopes (SPM, STM and AFM). It may also be used as a calibration specimen.HOPG consists of layered planes of carbon atoms (002) which are highly oriented with respect to each other.

1. HOPG grade ZYB with a mosaic spread of 0.8° ± 0.2° with a grain size of up to 1µm

PELCO® Technical Notes, Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite - HOPG, Product No. 626-10 (160KB PDF)