Elastic properties of hybrid graphene/boron nitride monolayer

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 223, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2591-2596

  Peng, Qing ^a   Zamiri, Amir R ^a   Ji, Wei ^a   De, Suvranu ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN SIZE EFFECTS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAPHENE LAYERS; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); IN-PLANE STIFFNESS; LONGITUDINAL SOUND; NANO-DEVICES; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; BORON NITRIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTICITY; GRAPHENE; NITRIDES;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84869882504     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-012-0714-0     Document Type: Article

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