• 文献标题:   Simulation of mechanical parameters of graphene using the DREIDING force field
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KOROBEYNIKOV SN, ALYOKHIN VV, BABICHEV AV
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  • 出版物名称:   ACTA MECHANICA
  • ISSN:   0001-5970 EI 1619-6937
  • 通讯作者地址:   Lavrentyev Inst Hydrodynam
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00707-018-2115-5
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Molecular mechanics/molecular dynamics (MM/MD) methods are widely used in computer simulations of deformation (including buckling, vibration, and fracture) of low-dimensional carbon nanostructures (single-layer graphene sheets (SLGSs), single-walled nanotubes, fullerenes, etc). In MM/MD simulations, the interactions between carbon atoms in these nanostructures are modeled using force fields (e.g., AIREBO, DREIDING, MM3/MM4). The objective of the present study is to fit the DREIDING force field parameters (see Mayo et al. J Phys Chem 94: 8897-8909, 1990) to most closely reproduce the mechanical parameters of graphene (Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, bending rigidity modulus, and intrinsic strength) known from experimental studies and quantum mechanics simulations since the standard set of the DREIDING force field parameters (see Mayo et al. 1990) leads to unsatisfactory values of the mechanical parameters of graphene. The values of these parameters are fitted using primitive unit cells of graphene acted upon by forces that reproduce the homogeneous deformation of this material in tension/compression, bending, and fracture. (Different sets of primitive unit cells are used for different types of deformation, taking into account the anisotropic properties of graphene in states close to failure.) The MM method is used to determine the dependence of the mechanical moduli of graphene (Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, and bending rigidity modulus) on the scale factor. Computer simulation has shown that for large linear dimensions of SLGSs, the mechanical parameters of these sheets are close to those of graphene. In addition, computer simulation has shown that accounting for in-layer van der Waals forces has a small effect on the value of the mechanical moduli of graphene.