Molecular dynamics simulation of the interlayer sliding behavior in few-layer graphene

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1025-1032

  Xu, Liang ^a   Ma, Tian Bao ^a   Hu, Yuan Zhong ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT VELOCITIES; INITIAL STAGES; INTERLAYER SLIDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTIPLE INTERFACES; STICK-SLIP; THREE STAGES;

DYNAMICS; GRAPHENE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SLIP FORMING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84155163934     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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