Strengthening in Graphene Oxide Nanosheets: Bridging the Gap between Interplanar and Intraplanar Fracture

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6528-6534

  Cao, Changhong ^a   Daly, Matthew ^a   Chen, Brandon ^a   Howe, Jane Y ^a,b   Singh, Chandra Veer ^a   Filleter, Tobin ^a   Sun, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hitachi High Technologies Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

fracture; Graphene oxide; mechanical properties; molecular dynamics; nanomechanical testing

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPOSITE FILMS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS; NANOSHEETS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIERARCHICAL FEATURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROGEN BOND NETWORKS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOMECHANICAL TESTING; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84944350849     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02173     Document Type: Article

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