Mechanical properties of highly defective graphene: From brittle rupture to ductile fracture

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 50, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Lanqing ^a   Wei, Ning ^b   Zheng, Yongping ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING NETWORKS; FRACTURE DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SPECIFIC DEFECTS; STONE-WALES DEFECTS; TENSILE DEFORMATION; ULTIMATE STRENGTH;

CRACKS; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POINT DEFECTS; VACANCIES;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 84889649498     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/50/505703     Document Type: Article

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