Mechanical properties of grafold: A demonstration of strengthened graphene

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 40, 2011, Pages

  Zheng, Yongping ^a   Wei, Ning ^b   Fan, Zheyong ^b   Xu, Lanqing ^a,b   Huang, Zhigao ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE DEFORMATIONS; FRACTURE STRAIN; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS; STRAIN RANGES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TENSILE AND COMPRESSIVE LOADING; TENSILE DEFORMATION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80052954461     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/40/405701     Document Type: Article

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