Molecular mechanics of polycrystalline graphene with enhanced fracture toughness

Extreme Mechanics Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-59

  Jung, GangSeob ^a   Qin, Zhao ^a   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy release rate; Fracture toughness; Grain boundary; Graphene; Polycrystal

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ENERGY RELEASE RATE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYCRYSTALS;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CRITICAL ENERGY RELEASE RATE; HIGH STRENGTH; INNOVATIVE ALGORITHMS; OUT-OF-PLANE DEFORMATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE GRAPHENE;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84933503235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eml.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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