Strain engineering in monolayer materials using patterned adatom adsorption

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4299-4305

  Li, Yao ^a   Duerloo, Karel Alexander N ^b   Reed, Evan J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Airebo potential; Buckling analysis; Graphene; Molecular dynamics (MD); Monolayer materials; Strain engineering

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; ADSORPTION; DEFORMATION; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOLAYERS; SHEAR STRAIN;

ADSORPTION PATTERNS; AIREBO POTENTIAL; BUCKLING ANALYSIS; GEOMETRIC CONDITIONS; IN-PLANE ELASTICITY; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; REACTIVE EMPIRICAL BOND ORDERS; STRAIN ENGINEERING;

STRAIN;

EID: 84990230054     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl500974t     Document Type: Article

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