Fracture of graphene: a review

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 1-31

  Zhang, Teng ^a   Li, Xiaoyan ^b   Gao, Huajian ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical effect; Dynamic fracture; Fracture; Graphene; Irradiation; Out of plane effects; Size effects; Strength; Topological defects; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACKS; DEFECTS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAPHENE; IODINE; IRRADIATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; TOPOLOGY; TOUGHNESS;

CHEMICAL EFFECT; DYNAMIC FRACTURES; OUT-OF PLANE; SIZE EFFECTS; STRENGTH; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84957429927     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-015-0039-9     Document Type: Article

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