The deformation and failure behaviour of phosphorene nanoribbons under uniaxial tensile strain

2D Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Sorkin, V ^a   Zhang, Y W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DFTB calculations; Edge stress; Failure mechanism; Phosphorene nanoribbons; Uniaxial tensile strain

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; NANORIBBONS;

BOND ROTATIONS; BOND-STRETCHING; DEFORMATION AND FAILURES; EDGE STRESS; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAILURE STRESS; STRAINED BONDS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE STRAIN;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 84946580764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/2/3/035007     Document Type: Article

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