Dynamics of mechanical waves in periodic graphene nanoribbon assemblies

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-10

  Scarpa, Fabrizio ^a   Chowdhury, Rajib ^b   Kam, Kenneth ^a   Adhikari, Sondipon ^b   Ruzzene, Massimo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; C-C BONDS; DISPERSION MODES; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; FE MODEL; GRAPHENE NANO-RIBBON; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MASS SENSOR; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MECHANICS MODELS; NANORIBBONS; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ASPECT RATIO; DYNAMIC LOADS; GRAPHENE; HAMILTONIANS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 84856032714     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-430     Document Type: Article

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