A theoretical evaluation of the temperature and strain-rate dependent fracture strength of tilt grain boundaries in graphene

Carbon

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 373-380

  Yi, Lijun ^a   Yin, Zhengnan ^a   Zhang, Yingyan ^b   Chang, Tienchong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN RATE; HIGH DENSITY; LOW ANGLE BOUNDARIES; SINGLE LAYER; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; TILT BOUNDARIES; TILT GRAIN BOUNDARY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAPHENE; TEMPERATURE;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 84868098891     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.08.069     Document Type: Article

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