Structural stability of single-layer MoS2 under large strain

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Fan, Xiaofeng ^a   Zheng, W T ^a   Kuo, Jer Lai ^b   Singh, David J ^a,c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

first principle calculation; MoS2; soft phonon mode

Indexed keywords

PHONONS; STABILITY; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRESS;

FAILURE MECHANISM; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; LARGE STRAINS; MOS2; OUT-OF-PLANE MOVEMENTS; SOFT-PHONON MODE; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TENSILE STRESS STRAIN;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84923629333     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/10/105401     Document Type: Article

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