• 文献标题:   Effect of Local Terrace on Structure and Mechanics of Graphene Grain Boundary
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN Y, WANG XR, LIU YL, XIAO H, CHEN X
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
  • ISSN:   1932-7447 EI 1932-7455
  • 通讯作者地址:   Xi An Jiao Tong Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08674
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

In this study, the effects of local terrace of the substrate on the structure and mechanical properties of graphene grain boundaries (GBs) during chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth have been explored by phase-field crystal modeling and molecular dynamics simulations. It is found the GBs are significantly disturbed for a weak surface disturbance with a bulge height of only 3.4 angstrom. The distance between GBs and the bulge plays an important role in determining the morphologies of GBs, and the aperiodic and curved GBs can be observed, which is attributed to several representative structures, like 5-6 vertical bar 6-7 and 5-6-7 defects and GB deflection. In general, there are four fracture modes for GBs with weak surface disturbance depending on the existence of 5-6-7 and 5-6 vertical bar 6-7 defects. While for a strong surface disturbance with a bulge height of 10 angstrom, the interaction between topological defects at bulged graphene and GBs will locally offset nearby 5-7 dislocation pairs, and there are two fracture modes depending on the structural integrality of GBs. Besides, it is also found that the aperiodic and curved morphologies of GBs widely exist for other orientation angles with surface disturbance. The results presented herein explore the mechanism for the interaction of GBs with surface disturbance during CVD growth and may provide some useful insights for designing and regulating the morphologies of GBs.