Patent ID: 8877318

Claim:
A graphite structure comprising: A graphite plate comprising a plurality of parallel basal plane layers which are composed of 6-membered rings of carbon, the graphite plate having a front side, a back side, and a thickness defined between the front and back sides, with the basal plane layers parallel to the front side and the back side; A plurality of through holes formed in the thickness of the graphite plate; Wherein the through holes have a total area of not less than 0.1% and not more than 10% relative to an area of the graphite plate, and the through holes have a maximum pore size smaller than 3.3% relative to the area of the graphite plate; and A coating layer containing a metal covering an inner surface of each of the through holes, thereby forming continuous holes in the respective through holes, the continuous holes being configured to communicate air on the front side of the graphite plate with air on the back side, the metal forming a compound with carbon atoms of the graphite plate; Wherein when in use the continuous holes are configured to draw a first member and a second member to the front and back sides of the graphite plate, respectively, by reducing an air pressure within the continuous holes.