Hydrogenated grain boundaries control the strength and ductility of polycrystalline graphene

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 13769-13774

  Li, Nan Nan ^a   Sha, Zhen Dong ^b   Pei, Qing Xiang ^a   Zhang, Yong Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

GRAIN SIZE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-DEVICES; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE; PRE-STRAINING; STRENGTH AND DUCTILITIES; TECHNOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEAKENING EFFECT;

HYDROGENATION;

EID: 84920671114     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502084f     Document Type: Article

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