Scaling properties of flexible membranes from atomistic simulations: Application to graphene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Los, J H ^a   Katsnelson, M I ^a   Yazyev, O V ^b,c   Zakharchenko, K V ^a   Fasolino, A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 70350675305     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.121405     Document Type: Article

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