Defect-detriment to graphene strength is concealed by local probe: The topological and geometrical effects

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 401-408

  Song, Zhigong ^a   Artyukhov, Vasilii I ^b   Wu, Jian ^a   Yakobson, Boris I ^b   Xu, Zhiping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

geometrical effect; graphene; material strength; mechanical properties; nanoindentation; topological effect

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFECTS; GEOMETRY; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; PROBES; TOPOLOGY;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; MATERIAL STRENGTH; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; TOPOLOGICAL EFFECTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84921799318     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505510r     Document Type: Article

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