Tearing, folding and deformation of a carbon-carbon sp2-bonded network

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1544-1547

  Li, L X ^a   Liu, R P ^a   Chen, Z W ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Ma, M Z ^a   Jing, Q ^a   Li, G ^a   Tian, Y ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cracking; Mechanical properties; Surface treatment; Synthetic graphite

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BONDING; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOLAYERS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

FOLDING AXES; GRAPHENE; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE;

CARBON;

EID: 33748684359     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.12.031     Document Type: Article

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