Influence of temperature and free edges on the mechanical properties of graphene

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Dewapriya, M A N ^a,b   Srikantha Phani, A ^a   Rajapakse, R K N D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERENDSEN THERMOSTAT; CARBON-CARBON BOND; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; KINETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE DISPLACEMENT; ULTIMATE STRENGTH; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

ATOMS; ELASTIC MODULI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRAIN; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883101579     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/21/6/065017     Document Type: Article

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