Large-Scale Molecular Simulations on the Mechanical Response and Failure Behavior of a defective Graphene: Cases of 5-8-5 Defects

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wang, Shuaiwei ^a   Yang, Baocheng ^a   Yuan, Jinyun ^a   Si, Yubing ^a   Chen, Houyang ^b  

^a HUANGHE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE   (China)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84943609396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14957     Document Type: Article

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