Mechanical properties of defective single-layered graphene sheets via molecular dynamics simulation

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-289

  Ansari, R ^a   Ajori, S ^a   Motevalli, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fracture mechanism; Graphene sheets; Molecular dynamics; Single vacancy defect; Stone Wales defect

Indexed keywords

FAILURE PROCESS; FAILURE STRAIN; FRACTURE MECHANISMS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; INTRINSIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; SINGLE VACANCIES; SINGLE VACANCY DEFECT; SINGLE-LAYERED GRAPHENE SHEETS; STONE-WALES DEFECTS; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DEFECTS; DYNAMICS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VACANCIES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84855758961     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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