Effects of vacancy defect on the tensile behavior of graphene

Graphene is the strongest material but its performance is significantly weakened by vacancy defects. We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the tensile behavior of a graphene which contains a single vacancy defect. Our results suggest that because of the single vacancy, the fracture st...

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Main Authors: Xiaoyu Sun, Zuoguang Fu, Mingtan Xia, Yuanjie Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095034915303366