Atomistic simulation and continuum modeling of graphene nanoribbons under uniaxial tension

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Qiang ^a   Gao, Wei ^a   Huang, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRAIN; ATOMISTIC MECHANISM; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BULK STRAIN ENERGY; CONTINUUM MODELING; EDGE EFFECT; EDGE ENERGY; EDGE STRUCTURES; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HYDROGEN ADSORPTION; HYDROGEN PASSIVATION; LINEAR ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS SIMULATION; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; NUMERICAL RESULTS; QUASI-STATIC; THEORETICAL MODELS; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS; YOUNG'S MODULUS; ZIGZAG EDGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEATION; PASSIVATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 79960462380     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/19/5/054006     Document Type: Article

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