Molecular dynamics simulation of fracture strength and morphology of defective graphene

Journal of Nano Research

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-49

  Wang, Mingchao ^a   Yan, Cheng ^a   Galpaya, Dilini ^a   Lai, Zheng Bo ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Hu, Ning ^b   Yuan, Qiang ^c   Bai, Ruixiang ^d   Zhou, Limin ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Defects; Graphene; Molecular dynamics simulation; Morphology

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NANORIBBONS; POINT DEFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EDGE RECONSTRUCTION; ENERGY MINIMIZATION PRINCIPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; MATERIAL SYNTHESIS; MINIMUM ENERGY PATHS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; STONE-WALES DEFECTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84881329927     PISSN: 16625250     EISSN: 16619897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.23.43     Document Type: Article

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