Is the failure of large-area polycrystalline graphene notch sensitive or insensitive?

Carbon

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 200-206

  Sha, Z D ^a   Pei, Q X ^b   Liu, Z S ^a   Shenoy, V B ^c   Zhang, Y W ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; CIRCULAR NOTCHES; DEVICE APPLICATION; FAILURE PATTERNS; GRAIN INTERIORS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE; STRESS CONCENTRATION ZONE;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84900572721     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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