Increasing the elastic modulus of graphene by controlled defect creation

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-31

  López Polín, Guillermo ^a   Gómez Navarro, Cristina ^a,b   Parente, Vincenzo ^c   Guinea, Francisco ^c   Katsnelson, Mikhail I ^d   Pérez Murano, Francesc ^e   Gómez Herrero, Julio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFECT DENSITY; ELASTIC MODULI; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DENSITY OF DEFECTS; ELASTIC COEFFICIENT; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; PROVIDE GUIDANCES; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE - PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEMBRANES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84924529999     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3183     Document Type: Article

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