Molecular mechanics simulations of the deformation mechanism of graphene monolayer under free standing indentation

Carbon

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-124

  Zhou, Lixin ^a   Xue, Jianming ^a   Wang, Yugang ^a   Cao, Guoxin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; IN-PLANE STRETCHING; INDENTATION ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS SIMULATION; NONLINEAR DEFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR ELASTICS; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTION;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MONOLAYERS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

INDENTATION;

EID: 84881614564     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.06.046     Document Type: Article

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